Middle Paxton township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
Middle Paxton township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Middle Paxton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1480
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 60
- South: 55
- West: 16
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 568
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Middle Paxton township with a mortgage: 183 (7 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Middle Paxton township:
- German (23.9%)
- English (16.8%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (21%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (14%)
- Korea (14%)
- Canada (14%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- Israel (11%)
- Italy (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 725 (83%)
- Carpooled: 95 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 37 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
98.7% of residents of Middle Paxton township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,673- In family households: 1,556 (405 male householders, 86 female householders)
437 spouses, 549 children (515 natural, 23 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 19 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 117 (48 male householders (30 living alone)), 40 female householders (36 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 117 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 17 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
827 married couples with children.
167 single-parent households (61 men, 106 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 6.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 6.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 19.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |