South Strabane township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
South Strabane township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of South Strabane 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, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6803
- Northeast: 221
- Midwest: 429
- South: 426
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in South Strabane township, Pennsylvania:
- 142 people in nursing homes
- 44 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 39 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,588
- One, attached: 49
- Two: 86
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 98
- 20 to 49: 262
- 50 or more: 267
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,900
Housing units in South Strabane township with a mortgage: 1,284 (133 second mortgage, 296 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 943
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Strabane township:
- German (21.0%)
- Italian (15.1%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- English (8.1%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (35%)
- Canada (32%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
- Panama (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,871 (86%)
- Carpooled: 318 (9%)
- Walked: 30 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 117 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in South Strabane township, Pennsylvania:
- 142 people in nursing homes
- 44 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 39 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.9% of residents of South Strabane township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,764- In family households: 6,537 (1,812 male householders, 391 female householders)
1,898 spouses, 2,143 children (1,961 natural, 68 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 106 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 49 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,227 (387 male householders (344 living alone)), 729 female householders (663 living alone)), 111 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 223 (186 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,066 2-persons, 507 3-persons, 432 4-persons, 146 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,007 1-person, 93 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
1,369 married couples with children.
186 single-parent households (56 men, 130 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 119
Here: | 14.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
Here: | 2.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 66
Here: | 40.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |