West Chillisquaque township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (70% naturalized citizens)
| West Chillisquaque township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of West Chillisquaque township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2556
- Northeast: 106
- Midwest: 54
- South: 65
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 664
- One, attached: 44
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 544
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,900
Housing units in West Chillisquaque township with a mortgage: 272 (40 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186
- Food (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Chillisquaque township:
- German (52.5%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- English (6.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.6%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
- Italian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Melanesia (40%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (30%)
- Panama (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,182 (82%)
- Carpooled: 176 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (2%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.4% of residents of West Chillisquaque township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,828- In family households: 2,387 (653 male householders, 167 female householders)
678 spouses, 794 children (696 natural, 32 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 6 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 441 (191 male householders (163 living alone)), 194 female householders (175 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 385 2-persons, 212 3-persons, 168 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 338 1-person, 44 2-persons, 3 5-persons,
406 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (47 men, 87 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |