Paupack township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (72% naturalized citizens)
Paupack township: | 3.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Paupack township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1131
- Northeast: 1543
- Midwest: 57
- South: 77
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
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: 0.7% of all households
22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,176
- One, attached: 45
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 75
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 75
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,000
Housing units in Paupack township with a mortgage: 531 (38 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 412
- Construction (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Paupack township:
- German (22.1%)
- Irish (18.8%)
- Italian (17.7%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- English (6.3%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (19%)
- Germany (13%)
- Poland (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Italy (9%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- Greece (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 966 (85%)
- Carpooled: 101 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (7%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
94.3% of residents of Paupack township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,938- In family households: 2,603 (589 male householders, 302 female householders)
718 spouses, 826 children (747 natural, 27 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 37 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 335 (169 male householders (132 living alone)), 119 female householders (109 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 460 2-persons, 183 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 241 1-person, 45 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
505 married couples with children.
141 single-parent households (36 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 2.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 2.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
Here: | 59.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |