Wharton township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Wharton township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Wharton 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: 3564
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 150
- South: 309
- West: 69
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
693 people in religious group quarters
47 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,266
- One, attached: 46
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 56
- 20 to 49: 58
- 50 or more: 24
- Mobile homes: 254
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,900
Housing units in Wharton township with a mortgage: 434 (28 second mortgage, 93 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 268
- Construction (20%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Religious workers (8%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wharton township:
- German (26.8%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- English (11.4%)
- Italian (10.9%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,110 (71%)
- Carpooled: 199 (13%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (1%)
- Walked: 103 (7%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 125 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
693 people in religious group quarters
47 people in nursing homes
98.2% of residents of Wharton township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,406- In family households: 2,977 (845 male householders, 163 female householders)
900 spouses, 905 children (830 natural, 11 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 62 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 429 (208 male householders (146 living alone)), 148 female householders (136 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 739 (52 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 497 2-persons, 230 3-persons, 199 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 23 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 282 1-person, 62 2-persons, 12 4-persons,
592 married couples with children.
118 single-parent households (41 men, 77 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 42
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |