Washington township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (56% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1773
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 54
- South: 50
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
24 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 699
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 114
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 214 (16 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Nonmetallic mineral products (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (31.4%)
- English (10.7%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Italian (9.0%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.4%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (33%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Germany (22%)
- Poland (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 790 (85%)
- Carpooled: 76 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Coal or coke (10%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
24 people in nursing homes
96.2% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,929- In family households: 1,710 (519 male householders, 65 female householders)
506 spouses, 563 children (503 natural, 34 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 15 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 219 (98 male householders (77 living alone)), 75 female householders (66 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 269 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 18 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
346 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (21 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
Here: | 13.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 5.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |