Smith township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Smith township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Smith township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3946
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 162
- South: 283
- West: 74
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,597
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 68
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 179
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,000
Housing units in Smith township with a mortgage: 568 (36 second mortgage, 136 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 661
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Construction (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smith township:
- Italian (18.6%)
- German (17.6%)
- Polish (12.5%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Slovak (3.6%)
- English (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (32%)
- Greece (23%)
- Italy (16%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Other Western Europe (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,630 (84%)
- Carpooled: 236 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
95.2% of residents of Smith township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,567- In family households: 3,982 (985 male householders, 320 female householders)
990 spouses, 1,361 children (1,260 natural, 30 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 84 other relatives, 105 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 585 (253 male householders (208 living alone)), 272 female householders (260 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 542 2-persons, 329 3-persons, 269 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 468 1-person, 51 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
772 married couples with children.
210 single-parent households (45 men, 165 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |