Herrick township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Herrick township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Herrick township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% 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: 378
- Northeast: 144
- Midwest: 19
- South: 21
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 552
- One, attached: 48
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 12
- Mobile homes: 73
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Herrick township with a mortgage: 55 (6 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 78
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Herrick township:
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- German (12.5%)
- Polish (8.6%)
- Italian (7.6%)
- Russian (7.1%)
- Welsh (5.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 243 (85%)
- Carpooled: 19 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (11%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
96.1% of residents of Herrick township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 576- In family households: 482 (139 male householders, 41 female householders)
140 spouses, 144 children (133 natural, 2 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 94 (51 male householders (41 living alone)), 33 female householders (33 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 74 1-person, 10 2-persons,
99 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (6 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 11.6% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 45.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |