Oliver township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (27% naturalized citizens)
Oliver township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Oliver township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1042
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 15
- South: 23
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 432
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 84
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Oliver township with a mortgage: 109 (6 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oliver township:
- German (36.8%)
- United States or American (15.0%)
- Italian (11.0%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Dutch (6.0%)
- English (4.7%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (73%)
- Taiwan (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 398 (79%)
- Carpooled: 75 (15%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 20 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
96.6% of residents of Oliver township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,129- In family households: 998 (295 male householders, 44 female householders)
303 spouses, 322 children (295 natural, 13 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 131 (53 male householders (41 living alone)), 51 female householders (48 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
193 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (22 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
Here: | 14.8% |
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: 2
Here: | 18.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |