Sharon township, Potter County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sharon township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Sharon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 407
- Northeast: 407
- Midwest: 5
- South: 35
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 357
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 90
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,600
Housing units in Sharon township with a mortgage: 73 (7 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Machinery (17%)
- Construction (14%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Private households (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon township:
- English (24.4%)
- German (19.2%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- French Canadian (3.5%)
- Italian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (50%)
- Other Eastern Europe (25%)
- Mexico (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 326 (84%)
- Carpooled: 36 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Wood (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.3% of residents of Sharon township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 871- In family households: 779 (218 male householders, 33 female householders)
224 spouses, 267 children (235 natural, 9 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 5 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 92 (41 male householders (27 living alone)), 36 female householders (34 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 16 2-persons,
190 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (16 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 5.3% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 45.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |