Texas township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Texas township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Texas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 14% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1569
- Northeast: 578
- Midwest: 52
- South: 98
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Texas township, Pennsylvania:
- 149 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 709
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 61
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 31
- Mobile homes: 232
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Texas township with a mortgage: 223 (9 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 232
- Construction (15%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Texas township:
- German (28.5%)
- Irish (17.5%)
- English (14.9%)
- Italian (10.8%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- Polish (4.0%)
- Russian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (37%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (17%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Ireland (13%)
- Italy (7%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
- France (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 804 (78%)
- Carpooled: 101 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Railroad: 4 (0%)
- Taxi: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 38 (4%)
- Other means: 20 (2%)
- Worked at home: 53 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (8%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Texas township, Pennsylvania:
- 149 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.1% of residents of Texas township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (15% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,326- In family households: 2,022 (482 male householders, 190 female householders)
491 spouses, 706 children (659 natural, 8 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 18 other relatives, 61 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 304 (105 male householders (98 living alone)), 165 female householders (151 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 175 (127 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 322 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 249 1-person, 14 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
413 married couples with children.
140 single-parent households (36 men, 104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 14.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |