Shippen township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Shippen township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Shippen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 410
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 8
- South: 12
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 278
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 67
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Shippen township with a mortgage: 27 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Construction (20%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Health care (28%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shippen township:
- German (32.3%)
- English (15.1%)
- United States or American (14.2%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- French (except Basque) (5.6%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- European (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 160 (80%)
- Carpooled: 20 (10%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (39%)
- Wood (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 470- In family households: 414 (103 male householders, 15 female householders)
110 spouses, 159 children (137 natural, 3 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (32 male householders (28 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 41 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
91 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (5 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 13.5% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |