West Perry township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
West Perry township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of West Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% 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: 988
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 20
- South: 20
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 401
- Mobile homes: 60
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in West Perry township with a mortgage: 102 (6 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 95
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (20%)
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Perry township:
- German (54.7%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Swiss (3.2%)
- Australian (3.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.9%)
- Irish (2.8%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 348 (76%)
- Carpooled: 47 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
93.9% of residents of West Perry township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,038- In family households: 963 (293 male householders, 22 female householders)
275 spouses, 345 children (311 natural, 16 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (19 male householders (12 living alone)), 49 female householders (46 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 152 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 10 2-persons,
223 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (16 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 5.5% |
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: 4
Here: | 30.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |