Madison township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
Madison township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Madison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1393
- Northeast: 105
- Midwest: 28
- South: 40
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 521
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 101
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,600
Housing units in Madison township with a mortgage: 154 (9 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 101
- Construction (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Madison township:
- German (40.1%)
- United States or American (9.3%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.7%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (25%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (25%)
- Canada (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 607 (79%)
- Carpooled: 86 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 51 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.7% of residents of Madison township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (28% speak English very well, 53% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,582- In family households: 1,449 (436 male householders, 57 female householders)
435 spouses, 455 children (421 natural, 8 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 5 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 133 (50 male householders (37 living alone)), 58 female householders (50 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 236 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
267 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (10 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 13.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 16.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |