Washington township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1464
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 20
- South: 33
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 532
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 85
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 197 (23 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (46.7%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (7.2%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (71%)
- Other Eastern Europe (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 630 (80%)
- Carpooled: 111 (14%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (10%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
92.6% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
5.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,613- In family households: 1,516 (423 male householders, 38 female householders)
414 spouses, 567 children (521 natural, 20 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 16 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (44 male householders (38 living alone)), 37 female householders (30 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 188 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 13 2-persons,
392 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (14 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 31.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |