White Deer township, Union County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (12% naturalized citizens)
| White Deer township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of White Deer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3795
- Northeast: 188
- Midwest: 71
- South: 100
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,310
- One, attached: 48
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 289
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,600
Housing units in White Deer township with a mortgage: 715 (75 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 297
- Food (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in White Deer township:
- German (49.8%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.7%)
- English (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (48%)
- Japan (38%)
- Other South America (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,886 (86%)
- Carpooled: 209 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 44 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (7%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.3% of residents of White Deer township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,254- In family households: 3,815 (1,056 male householders, 208 female householders)
1,076 spouses, 1,299 children (1,164 natural, 44 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 25 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 439 (177 male householders (143 living alone)), 199 female householders (169 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 582 2-persons, 286 3-persons, 265 4-persons, 92 5-persons, 39 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 312 1-person, 64 2-persons,
771 married couples with children.
194 single-parent households (73 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 8.7% |
| 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: 24
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |