Peters township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Peters township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Peters township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12843
- Northeast: 1070
- Midwest: 1515
- South: 1291
- West: 346
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $178,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
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
People in group quarters in Peters township, Pennsylvania:
- 243 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,519
- One, attached: 538
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 56
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Peters township with a mortgage: 3,963 (474 second mortgage, 751 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,499
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peters township:
- German (21.5%)
- Italian (19.1%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (10.3%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Philippines (8%)
- France (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
- Ecuador (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,525 (83%)
- Carpooled: 442 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 115 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 113 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 41 (1%)
- Walked: 85 (1%)
- Other means: 45 (1%)
- Worked at home: 537 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in Peters township, Pennsylvania:
- 243 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3 people in religious group quarters
95.7% of residents of Peters township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,277- In family households: 16,203 (4,480 male householders, 591 female householders)
4,712 spouses, 6,015 children (5,765 natural, 126 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 82 other relatives, 119 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,074 (378 male householders (306 living alone)), 567 female householders (531 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 289 (242 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,024 2-persons, 1,042 3-persons, 1,246 4-persons, 571 5-persons, 153 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 837 1-person, 100 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
4,701 married couples with children.
345 single-parent households (82 men, 263 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 256
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 138
| Here: | 28.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |