Waterford township, Erie County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Waterford township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Waterford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 85% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3461
- Northeast: 67
- Midwest: 118
- South: 121
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 942
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 6
- 10 to 19: 20
- Mobile homes: 439
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,000
Housing units in Waterford township with a mortgage: 368 (18 second mortgage, 100 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 148
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Private households (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waterford township:
- German (27.7%)
- Polish (19.0%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- English (6.9%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (54%)
- Canada (46%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,520 (82%)
- Carpooled: 271 (15%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
98.3% of residents of Waterford township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,878- In family households: 3,605 (928 male householders, 195 female householders)
873 spouses, 1,330 children (1,227 natural, 32 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 16 other relatives, 190 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 273 (160 male householders (151 living alone)), 89 female householders (77 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 413 2-persons, 267 3-persons, 256 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 228 1-person, 21 2-persons,
842 married couples with children.
220 single-parent households (67 men, 153 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |