Wiconisco township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Wiconisco township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Wiconisco township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1079
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 19
- South: 33
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 416
- One, attached: 66
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 1
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Wiconisco township with a mortgage: 133 (7 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 230
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (14%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wiconisco township:
- German (49.9%)
- Dutch (8.2%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.5%)
- United States or American (4.7%)
- English (4.3%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Polish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Peru (23%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Germany (15%)
- Other Western Europe (15%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Canada (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 373 (72%)
- Carpooled: 125 (24%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Coal or coke (18%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.8% of residents of Wiconisco township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,177- In family households: 1,017 (256 male householders, 84 female householders)
267 spouses, 340 children (327 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 10 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 160 (62 male householders (51 living alone)), 76 female householders (65 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 162 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 19 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
160 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (25 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.8% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 26.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |