Perry township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1882
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 12
- South: 40
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 565
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,200
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 183 (6 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 156
- Wood products (17%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (58.5%)
- United States or American (20.3%)
- Swiss (5.2%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- English (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Italian (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 623 (69%)
- Carpooled: 127 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 26 (3%)
- Walked: 43 (5%)
- Other means: 20 (2%)
- Worked at home: 63 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (15%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
87.8% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
11.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,973- In family households: 1,805 (492 male householders, 55 female householders)
473 spouses, 728 children (688 natural, 23 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 9 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 168 (55 male householders (45 living alone)), 92 female householders (86 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 218 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 131 1-person, 11 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
497 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (23 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 84
| Here: | 29.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |