Polk township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 551 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Polk township: | 551.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11048
- Northeast: 4733
- Midwest: 1022
- South: 977
- West: 320
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $278,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,750
- One, attached: 1,562
- Two: 85
- 3 or 4: 125
- 5 to 9: 314
- 10 to 19: 202
- 20 to 49: 19
- 50 or more: 32
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $187,500
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 4,499 (409 second mortgage, 667 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 973
- Nonmetallic mineral products (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Wood products (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Waiters and waitresses (11%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- Italian (22.6%)
- German (15.6%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- English (7.9%)
- Polish (7.6%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (13%)
- Italy (10%)
- Canada (8%)
- Poland (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Cuba (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,675 (84%)
- Carpooled: 724 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 104 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Railroad: 51 (0%)
- Taxi: 25 (0%)
- Walked: 138 (1%)
- Other means: 53 (1%)
- Worked at home: 545 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
89.2% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
5.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,523- In family households: 17,606 (4,550 male householders, 833 female householders)
4,817 spouses, 6,781 children (6,435 natural, 202 adopted, 144 stepchildren), 92 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 115 parents, 230 other relatives, 138 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,917 (658 male householders (465 living alone)), 896 female householders (797 living alone)), 363 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 286 (155 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,890 2-persons, 1,185 3-persons, 1,475 4-persons, 627 5-persons, 154 6-persons, 52 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,262 1-person, 243 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
57 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (2 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 161
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 92
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 245
| Here: | 33.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |