Palmyra township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (80% naturalized citizens)
Palmyra township: | 8.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Palmyra township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 575
- Northeast: 389
- Midwest: 21
- South: 11
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 511
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 55
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,700
Housing units in Palmyra township with a mortgage: 180 (5 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Health care (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Palmyra township:
- German (29.3%)
- Irish (19.0%)
- Italian (11.5%)
- English (6.4%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- Hungarian (4.9%)
- Russian (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Other Eastern Europe (16%)
- Yugoslavia (10%)
- Colombia (5%)
- Austria (4%)
- Poland (4%)
- Hungary (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 360 (77%)
- Carpooled: 78 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
89.4% of residents of Palmyra township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
8.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,127- In family households: 1,001 (249 male householders, 77 female householders)
281 spouses, 334 children (315 natural, 11 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 15 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 126 (39 male householders (33 living alone)), 79 female householders (76 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 20 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 9 2-persons,
214 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (22 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 25.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |