Ross township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (61% naturalized citizens)
Ross township: | 2.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3067
- Northeast: 1839
- Midwest: 98
- South: 200
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Ross township, Pennsylvania:
- 23 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,621
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 21
- Mobile homes: 261
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,800
Housing units in Ross township with a mortgage: 1,013 (106 second mortgage, 216 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 267
- Construction (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ross township:
- German (22.8%)
- Italian (14.9%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- English (6.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.8%)
- Polish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (17%)
- Germany (15%)
- Poland (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Canada (7%)
- Russia (6%)
- Ireland (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,120 (84%)
- Carpooled: 285 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 69 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (4%)
People in group quarters in Ross township, Pennsylvania:
- 23 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
95.0% of residents of Ross township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,384- In family households: 4,939 (1,319 male householders, 224 female householders)
1,366 spouses, 1,746 children (1,609 natural, 50 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 89 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 445 (202 male householders (132 living alone)), 143 female householders (119 living alone)), 100 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 51 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 571 2-persons, 352 3-persons, 377 4-persons, 167 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 251 1-person, 90 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
1,273 married couples with children.
171 single-parent households (73 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 53
Here: | 7.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 5.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 42
Here: | 24.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |