Turbot township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (33% naturalized citizens)
Turbot township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Turbot township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1486
- Northeast: 78
- Midwest: 35
- South: 28
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 639
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Turbot township with a mortgage: 257 (32 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 228
- Construction (18%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Turbot township:
- German (42.0%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- English (6.8%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- Italian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 696 (85%)
- Carpooled: 60 (7%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Utility gas (25%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.5% of residents of Turbot township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,679- In family households: 1,500 (454 male householders, 62 female householders)
459 spouses, 444 children (416 natural, 8 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 10 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 179 (69 male householders (59 living alone)), 91 female householders (84 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 272 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
301 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (19 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
Here: | 17.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 25.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |