Heath township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Heath township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Heath township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 588
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 497
- South: 95
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 430
- Two: 16
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,900
Housing units in Heath township with a mortgage: 95 (1 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Educational services (26%)
- Utilities (13%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Secondary school teachers (8%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (30%)
- Other financial specialists (11%)
- Life and physical scientists (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Heath township:
- German (63.6%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- English (7.4%)
- European (6.9%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scottish (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 655 (90%)
- Carpooled: 50 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 9 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (9%)
97.8% of residents of Heath township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,196- In family households: 1,080 (305 male householders, 49 female householders)
307 spouses, 385 children (378 natural, 0 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (45 male householders (27 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 159 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 18 2-persons,
15 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (2 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: | 47.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |