Susquehanna township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Susquehanna township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
58% of Susquehanna township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16547
- Northeast: 1555
- Midwest: 551
- South: 1890
- West: 314
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $113,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Susquehanna township, Pennsylvania:
- 334 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 210 people in nursing homes
- 157 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 88 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 51 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 24 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other group homes
- 11 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,205
- One, attached: 1,232
- Two: 175
- 3 or 4: 380
- 5 to 9: 864
- 10 to 19: 466
- 20 to 49: 71
- 50 or more: 73
- Mobile homes: 104
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Susquehanna township with a mortgage: 4,623 (482 second mortgage, 775 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,728
- Public administration (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Lawyers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Susquehanna township:
- German (20.6%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- English (4.8%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Russian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (16%)
- Israel (8%)
- India (6%)
- Greece (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Italy (3%)
- Russia (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,138 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,305 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 166 (1%)
- Taxi: 25 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 116 (1%)
- Other means: 50 (0%)
- Worked at home: 285 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Susquehanna township, Pennsylvania:
- 334 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 210 people in nursing homes
- 157 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 88 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 51 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 24 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in other group homes
- 11 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
93.1% of residents of Susquehanna township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (27% speak English very well, 57% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,855- In family households: 16,778 (4,335 male householders, 1,388 female householders)
4,605 spouses, 5,598 children (5,224 natural, 207 adopted, 167 stepchildren), 303 grandchildren, 126 brothers or sisters, 93 parents, 140 other relatives, 190 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,077 (1,373 male householders (1,064 living alone)), 2,052 female householders (1,832 living alone)), 652 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 890 (585 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,628 2-persons, 1,430 3-persons, 1,065 4-persons, 458 5-persons, 125 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,896 1-person, 493 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 16 4-persons,
3,350 married couples with children.
1,030 single-parent households (211 men, 819 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 357
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 146
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |