Wilmington township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Wilmington township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Wilmington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 15% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 909
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 116
- South: 40
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 317
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,800
Housing units in Wilmington township with a mortgage: 110 (12 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Therapists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wilmington township:
- German (34.5%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.4%)
- English (8.1%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.7%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (27%)
- Malaysia (18%)
- Thailand (18%)
- Costa Rica (18%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 327 (69%)
- Carpooled: 30 (6%)
- Taxi: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 25 (5%)
- Worked at home: 81 (17%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Wood (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
74.5% of residents of Wilmington township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
24.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,105- In family households: 1,014 (271 male householders, 32 female householders)
276 spouses, 407 children (396 natural, 6 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 4 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 91 (34 male householders (29 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 6-persons,
285 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (9 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
| Here: | 45.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 37.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |