Zerbe township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (79% naturalized citizens)
| Zerbe township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Zerbe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 85% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1833
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 9
- South: 74
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 629
- One, attached: 141
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 67
- 5 to 9: 15
- Mobile homes: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,500
Housing units in Zerbe township with a mortgage: 277 (27 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 364
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Zerbe township:
- German (33.9%)
- Polish (12.9%)
- Dutch (10.5%)
- Italian (8.5%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- English (6.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (50%)
- Vietnam (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 752 (82%)
- Carpooled: 117 (13%)
- Walked: 30 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 18 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (72%)
- Coal or coke (13%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
97.6% of residents of Zerbe township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,021- In family households: 1,674 (465 male householders, 101 female householders)
463 spouses, 552 children (492 natural, 16 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 4 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 347 (117 male householders (98 living alone)), 186 female householders (177 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 282 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 108 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 275 1-person, 26 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
292 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (27 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |