Rockland township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Rockland township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Rockland 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, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1245
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 31
- South: 29
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 954
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 278
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Rockland township with a mortgage: 151 (23 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rockland township:
- German (35.7%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- English (8.3%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Mexico (33%)
- Canada (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 437 (84%)
- Carpooled: 62 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 2 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Wood (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
99.0% of residents of Rockland township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,349- In family households: 1,169 (349 male householders, 60 female householders)
345 spouses, 373 children (343 natural, 0 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 6 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 180 (94 male householders (78 living alone)), 65 female householders (61 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 139 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
243 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (16 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |
