Washington township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (52% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 997
- Northeast: 175
- Midwest: 24
- South: 60
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 377
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 76
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 179 (25 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Paper (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Paper (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (20.4%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- English (9.8%)
- Italian (9.3%)
- Polish (9.1%)
- Welsh (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (23%)
- Mexico (19%)
- Italy (13%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- Netherlands (6%)
- Poland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 479 (82%)
- Carpooled: 40 (7%)
- Walked: 25 (4%)
- Worked at home: 39 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (11%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
95.8% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,306- In family households: 1,190 (302 male householders, 79 female householders)
294 spouses, 454 children (419 natural, 7 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 15 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (45 male householders (37 living alone)), 61 female householders (56 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 153 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 93 1-person, 13 2-persons,
271 married couples with children.
107 single-parent households (30 men, 77 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
Here: | 8.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
Here: | 9.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 6.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |