Cooper township, Montour County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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Land area: 6.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 966 (11% urban, 89% rural)

Males: 469	(48.6%)
Females: 497	(51.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 966 (879 owner occupied, 87 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	9%
State:	29%

Races in Cooper township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
Black: 0.9%
Asian: 0.3%
Two or more races: 0.1%

Median age of males: 41.9
Median age of females: 41.3

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Average household size: 2.43

Cooper township:	2.4 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Average family size: 2.83

Estimated median household income in 2007: $42,042 ($34,712 in 1999)

This township:	$42,042
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $470 (lower quartile is $411, upper quartile is $575)

Here:	$470
State:	$555

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $133,894 (it was $85,300 in 2000)

Cooper township:	$133,894
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $110,678 - $246,925

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $249,583
Here: $249,583
State: $224,371

Mobile homes: $26,220
Here: $26,220
State: $35,442

Population density: 140 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	10.1%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	3.3%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 12 (83% naturalized citizens)

Cooper township:	1.2%
State:	4.1%

71% of Cooper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 824
Northeast: 46
Midwest: 23
South: 46
West: 18

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000

Cooper township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 255
One, attached: 4
Two: 5
10 to 19: 3
Mobile homes: 152

Median worth of mobile homes: $22,700

Housing units in Cooper township with a mortgage: 103 (10 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 6
1995 to 1998: 45
1990 to 1994: 63
1980 to 1989: 83
1970 to 1979: 85
1960 to 1969: 44
1950 to 1959: 38
1940 to 1949: 2
1939 or earlier: 53

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cooper township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 4 4 rooms: 57 5 rooms: 87 6 rooms: 54 7 rooms: 50 8 rooms: 31 9 or more rooms: 63

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cooper township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 13 5 rooms: 25 6 rooms: 0 7 rooms: 5 8 rooms: 0 9 or more rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cooper township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 10 2 bedrooms: 99 3 bedrooms: 175 4 bedrooms: 51 5 or more bedrooms: 13

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cooper township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 0 2 bedrooms: 30 3 bedrooms: 10 4 bedrooms: 0 5 or more bedrooms: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Cooper township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 8 1 vehicle: 105 2 vehicles: 182 3 vehicles: 51 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Cooper township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 6 1 vehicle: 27 2 vehicles: 12 3 vehicles: 0 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 3

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Health care (17%)
Construction (10%)
Educational services (8%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Transportation equipment (4%)
Food (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (38%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Educational services (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Physicians and surgeons (8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Health technologists and technicians (11%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Waiters and waitresses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Cooper township:

German (42.8%)
Irish (7.5%)
United States or American (7.2%)
English (7.1%)
Pennsylvania German (5.3%)
Polish (5.2%)
Italian (4.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Hungary (25%)
Peru (25%)
Other Northern Europe (17%)
Germany (17%)
Korea (17%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 372 (87%)
Carpooled: 35 (8%)
Walked: 10 (2%)
Worked at home: 12 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%) Electricity (27%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%) Utility gas (12%) Coal or coke (3%) Wood (2%) Other fuel (1%)

97.0% of residents of Cooper township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 974

In family households: 833 (233 male householders, 49 female householders)
236 spouses, 279 children (257 natural, 0 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 3 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 141 (56 male householders (44 living alone)), 53 female householders (45 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 131 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 14 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

176 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (11 men, 28 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19

Here:	13.1%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5

Here:	10.6%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Cooper township:

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