Jones township, Elk County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (75% naturalized citizens)
Jones township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
82% of Jones township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1601
- Northeast: 41
- Midwest: 14
- South: 38
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 983
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 124
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,100
Housing units in Jones township with a mortgage: 201 (6 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 229
- Paper (20%)
- Chemicals (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jones township:
- German (27.1%)
- Swedish (15.4%)
- Polish (14.7%)
- Italian (12.4%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- English (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (25%)
- Japan (25%)
- Other Western Asia (25%)
- Other Caribbean (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 680 (85%)
- Carpooled: 80 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (3%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.0% of residents of Jones township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 46% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,720- In family households: 1,493 (424 male householders, 60 female householders)
420 spouses, 532 children (489 natural, 14 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 17 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 227 (105 male householders (92 living alone)), 96 female householders (88 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 207 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 180 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
323 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (23 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 3.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 3.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 25.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |