Halifax township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Halifax township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Halifax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3045
- Northeast: 124
- Midwest: 38
- South: 59
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,054
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 16
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 26
- Mobile homes: 192
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Halifax township with a mortgage: 485 (70 second mortgage, 96 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 305
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Halifax township:
- German (53.1%)
- United States or American (17.3%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- English (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- Germany (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,341 (83%)
- Carpooled: 203 (13%)
- Other means: 25 (2%)
- Worked at home: 51 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Coal or coke (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.9% of residents of Halifax township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English well, 57% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,326- In family households: 3,003 (785 male householders, 158 female householders)
814 spouses, 1,099 children (884 natural, 86 adopted, 129 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 34 other relatives, 73 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 323 (92 male householders (82 living alone)), 195 female householders (166 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 417 2-persons, 211 3-persons, 181 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 248 1-person, 39 2-persons,
659 married couples with children.
159 single-parent households (63 men, 96 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 2.2% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |