Paradise township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Paradise township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Paradise 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, 29% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1285
- Northeast: 971
- Midwest: 78
- South: 94
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Paradise township, Pennsylvania:
- 80 people in other workers' dormitories
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,212
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Paradise township with a mortgage: 453 (39 second mortgage, 76 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 218
- Construction (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (9%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Paradise township:
- German (21.7%)
- Italian (16.8%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- English (7.0%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (20%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Italy (7%)
- Other South America (7%)
- Korea (6%)
- Colombia (6%)
- India (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 963 (78%)
- Carpooled: 169 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 69 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Paradise township, Pennsylvania:
- 80 people in other workers' dormitories
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in unknown juvenile institutions
91.2% of residents of Paradise township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (15% speak English very well, 67% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,562- In family households: 2,203 (584 male householders, 132 female householders)
607 spouses, 761 children (728 natural, 13 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 30 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 359 (123 male householders (86 living alone)), 146 female householders (126 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 109 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 346 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 133 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 212 1-person, 43 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 3 6-persons,
457 married couples with children.
107 single-parent households (31 men, 76 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 24.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |