Delaware township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Delaware township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Delaware township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1967
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 91
- South: 53
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
40 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 722
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 8
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 94
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Delaware township with a mortgage: 260 (12 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
- Metal and metal products (19%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Delaware township:
- German (33.2%)
- United States or American (11.8%)
- Italian (10.5%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.1%)
- Slovak (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (69%)
- Canada (31%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 853 (83%)
- Carpooled: 88 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
40 people in nursing homes
96.6% of residents of Delaware township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,119- In family households: 1,925 (590 male householders, 59 female householders)
574 spouses, 645 children (607 natural, 21 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 5 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 194 (106 male householders (93 living alone)), 64 female householders (60 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 295 2-persons, 157 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 153 1-person, 12 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
421 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (25 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 51
| Here: | 23.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |