South Canaan township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (70% naturalized citizens)
| South Canaan township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of South Canaan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1239
- Northeast: 289
- Midwest: 22
- South: 49
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
29 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 628
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 10
- Mobile homes: 100
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,900
Housing units in South Canaan township with a mortgage: 197 (16 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Canaan township:
- German (19.0%)
- Polish (13.8%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (11.7%)
- Italian (8.7%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Russian (6.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ukraine (30%)
- Germany (16%)
- Netherlands (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Poland (9%)
- Sweden (5%)
- Russia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 598 (81%)
- Carpooled: 97 (13%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 24 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
29 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
95.0% of residents of South Canaan township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,641- In family households: 1,473 (378 male householders, 93 female householders)
390 spouses, 520 children (492 natural, 11 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 6 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 168 (62 male householders (52 living alone)), 88 female householders (80 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 186 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 132 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
312 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (26 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 23.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 40.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |