Derry township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Derry township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Derry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13599
- Northeast: 115
- Midwest: 322
- South: 422
- West: 104
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
People in group quarters in Derry township, Pennsylvania:
- 308 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 99 people in nursing homes
- 66 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 53 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,499
- One, attached: 108
- Two: 149
- 3 or 4: 131
- 5 to 9: 55
- 10 to 19: 26
- 50 or more: 47
- Mobile homes: 1,184
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in Derry township with a mortgage: 1,826 (219 second mortgage, 344 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,552
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (27%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Derry township:
- German (24.7%)
- Italian (16.9%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- Polish (10.4%)
- Slovak (5.8%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- English (5.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Australia (39%)
- Germany (22%)
- Austria (14%)
- Canada (11%)
- Italy (6%)
- Thailand (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,588 (87%)
- Carpooled: 502 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 147 (2%)
- Other means: 32 (0%)
- Worked at home: 149 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Derry township, Pennsylvania:
- 308 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 99 people in nursing homes
- 66 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 53 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other group homes
97.8% of residents of Derry township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,193- In family households: 12,482 (3,536 male householders, 723 female householders)
3,445 spouses, 4,115 children (3,821 natural, 49 adopted, 245 stepchildren), 177 grandchildren, 112 brothers or sisters, 90 parents, 115 other relatives, 169 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,711 (638 male householders (524 living alone)), 855 female householders (803 living alone)), 218 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 533 (466 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,941 2-persons, 1,050 3-persons, 865 4-persons, 307 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,327 1-person, 145 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 12 4-persons,
2,310 married couples with children.
651 single-parent households (186 men, 465 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 111
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 53
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 118
| Here: | 26.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |