Venango township, Erie County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Venango township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Venango township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 91% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2051
- Northeast: 114
- Midwest: 44
- South: 29
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 708
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 11
- Mobile homes: 95
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Venango township with a mortgage: 254 (22 second mortgage, 51 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Venango township:
- German (28.8%)
- Polish (17.8%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- English (7.3%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- Czechoslovakian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (35%)
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Korea (17%)
- Canada (13%)
- Mexico (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,018 (84%)
- Carpooled: 135 (11%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Worked at home: 29 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
96.7% of residents of Venango township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,286- In family households: 2,114 (562 male householders, 68 female householders)
557 spouses, 814 children (698 natural, 21 adopted, 95 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 25 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 172 (69 male householders (50 living alone)), 67 female householders (59 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 220 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 148 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 24 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
566 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (27 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 36.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |