Cherry township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 57.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,718 (all rural)
Males: 860 | (50.1%) |
Females: 858 | (49.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,718 (1,519 owner occupied, 199 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 12% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Cherry township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.1%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 41.4
Median age of females: 40.5
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Average household size: 2.43
Cherry township: | 2.4 people |
Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.89
Cherry township: | $40,542 |
Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
Here: | $404 |
State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $136,584 (it was $80,800 in 2000)
: | $136,584 |
Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Population density: 30 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 7.3% |
Whole state: | 11.0% |
This township: | 5.0% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Dushore.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cherry township: Satterfield (A), Kinsley Corners (B), Mildred Volunteer Fire Company Station 58 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Cherry township include: Saint Francis Church (A), Trinity Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Lake Akela (A), Beaver Pond (B), Connell Pond (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Rock Run (A), Wampole Run (B), Ellis Creek (C), Mill Creek (D), Lick Creek (E), Payne Run (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Cherry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 132
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 17
- South: 21
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 71
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Cherry township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (28%)
- Construction (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Other direct selling establishments (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- U. S. Postal service (10%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (24%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Child care workers (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cherry township:
- United States or American (41.9%)
- German (24.2%)
- English (8.9%)
- Swedish (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- European (1.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 78 (76%)
- Carpooled: 9 (9%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Wood (16%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Other fuel (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 179- In family households: 146 (39 male householders, 9 female householders)
40 spouses, 47 children (41 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 33 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 16 female householders (11 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 28 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 24 1-person, 5 2-persons,
289 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (38 men, 37 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: 4
Here: | 28.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |