Oxford township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Oxford township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of Oxford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3588
- Northeast: 152
- Midwest: 75
- South: 724
- West: 131
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Oxford township, Pennsylvania:
- 376 people in nursing homes
- 47 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,156
- One, attached: 381
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 101
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 94
Median worth of mobile homes: $78,600
Housing units in Oxford township with a mortgage: 858 (69 second mortgage, 157 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 271
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Paper (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oxford township:
- German (46.6%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- English (7.0%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Polish (2.0%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Other Western Europe (5%)
- Canada (4%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (4%)
- Poland (3%)
- Guatemala (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,778 (83%)
- Carpooled: 265 (12%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 51 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Oxford township, Pennsylvania:
- 376 people in nursing homes
- 47 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.4% of residents of Oxford township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,469- In family households: 3,967 (952 male householders, 299 female householders)
973 spouses, 1,392 children (1,276 natural, 5 adopted, 111 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 63 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 502 (150 male householders (114 living alone)), 312 female householders (312 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 438 (358 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 533 2-persons, 260 3-persons, 288 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 426 1-person, 36 2-persons,
852 married couples with children.
241 single-parent households (90 men, 151 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 171
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 50
| Here: | 19.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 53
| Here: | 39.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |