Rochester township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Rochester township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Rochester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2803
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 76
- South: 140
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
50 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,121
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Rochester township with a mortgage: 496 (42 second mortgage, 98 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 453
- Metal and metal products (19%)
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rochester township:
- German (28.0%)
- Italian (18.7%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- English (7.9%)
- Croatian (3.8%)
- Polish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (33%)
- Germany (29%)
- Korea (25%)
- Philippines (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,253 (92%)
- Carpooled: 76 (6%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
50 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
96.0% of residents of Rochester township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,072- In family households: 2,690 (705 male householders, 188 female householders)
752 spouses, 888 children (836 natural, 13 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 77 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 36 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 382 (135 male householders (100 living alone)), 189 female householders (182 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 397 2-persons, 185 3-persons, 194 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 282 1-person, 37 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
527 married couples with children.
110 single-parent households (30 men, 80 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.7% |
| 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: 35
| Here: | 43.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |