Salem township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Salem 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, 59% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 637
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 52
- South: 26
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 238
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Metal and metal products (29%)
- Construction (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Health care (37%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Retail florists (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Art and design workers (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (39.4%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- English (8.5%)
- Italian (7.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (43%)
- Hungary (29%)
- Philippines (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 313 (88%)
- Carpooled: 17 (5%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Wood (5%)
6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 760- In family households: 688 (201 male householders, 23 female householders)
190 spouses, 225 children (200 natural, 4 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 18 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 72 (34 male householders (31 living alone)), 30 female householders (29 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
142 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (13 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 9.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 59.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |