South Shenango township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (61% naturalized citizens)
| South Shenango township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of South Shenango township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1580
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 259
- South: 107
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,158
- One, attached: 8
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 538
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,500
Housing units in South Shenango township with a mortgage: 235 (26 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 173
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Shenango township:
- German (30.5%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- English (10.8%)
- Italian (7.8%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Germany (18%)
- Netherlands (18%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (11%)
- Austria (7%)
- France (7%)
- Russia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 626 (79%)
- Carpooled: 107 (14%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 49 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.7% of residents of South Shenango township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,036- In family households: 1,758 (505 male householders, 102 female householders)
515 spouses, 513 children (452 natural, 14 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 29 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (123 male householders (102 living alone)), 115 female householders (101 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 315 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 203 1-person, 29 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
323 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (33 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |