Scott township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Scott township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% 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: 5886
- Northeast: 415
- Midwest: 223
- South: 504
- West: 84
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
115 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,129
- One, attached: 53
- Two: 235
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 38
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 277
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,300
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 1,156 (125 second mortgage, 220 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 526
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- German (29.9%)
- English (12.1%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Italian (7.6%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- Hungarian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (21%)
- Germany (16%)
- Panama (14%)
- Italy (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,355 (88%)
- Carpooled: 298 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 108 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
115 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,205- In family households: 6,516 (1,721 male householders, 396 female householders)
1,738 spouses, 2,354 children (2,145 natural, 32 adopted, 177 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 70 other relatives, 107 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 689 (291 male householders (198 living alone)), 232 female householders (224 living alone)), 166 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 901 2-persons, 479 3-persons, 446 4-persons, 208 5-persons, 74 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 422 1-person, 70 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
745 married couples with children.
175 single-parent households (38 men, 137 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 0.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |