Ararat township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (77% naturalized citizens)
Ararat township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Ararat township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 366
- Northeast: 129
- Midwest: 5
- South: 15
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 344
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 85
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Ararat township with a mortgage: 43 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Construction (27%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ararat township:
- German (23.2%)
- English (18.2%)
- Irish (16.1%)
- Italian (11.8%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- Russian (4.9%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (62%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (23%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 157 (73%)
- Carpooled: 35 (16%)
- Walked: 19 (9%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Wood (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.2% of residents of Ararat township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 528- In family households: 446 (138 male householders, 18 female householders)
134 spouses, 142 children (120 natural, 21 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 82 (41 male householders (32 living alone)), 25 female householders (22 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
96 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (3 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 5
Here: | 45.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |