Sandy Lake township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sandy Lake township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Sandy Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1125
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 56
- South: 33
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 398
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 1
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 112
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,400
Housing units in Sandy Lake township with a mortgage: 105 (7 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 82
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Health care (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sandy Lake township:
- German (28.0%)
- English (16.7%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.4%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (33%)
- Spain (22%)
- Korea (22%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 498 (84%)
- Carpooled: 73 (12%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 17 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.8% of residents of Sandy Lake township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,248- In family households: 1,088 (326 male householders, 42 female householders)
328 spouses, 329 children (313 natural, 2 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 11 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 160 (63 male householders (49 living alone)), 64 female householders (59 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 174 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 13 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
219 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (21 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |