Perry township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1179
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 28
- South: 28
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 456
- Mobile homes: 101
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 144 (17 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Extraction workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (42.0%)
- United States or American (12.4%)
- Italian (12.0%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- English (6.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (43%)
- Other Northern Europe (29%)
- Austria (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 487 (82%)
- Carpooled: 65 (11%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.2% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,289- In family households: 1,144 (321 male householders, 51 female householders)
303 spouses, 405 children (375 natural, 8 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 6 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 145 (66 male householders (53 living alone)), 61 female householders (55 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 159 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 19 2-persons,
264 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (14 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 3.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 3.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 24.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |