Gaines township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (83% naturalized citizens)
Gaines township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Gaines township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 450
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 12
- South: 8
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 593
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 136
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Gaines township with a mortgage: 64 (10 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gaines township:
- German (28.9%)
- English (16.6%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Italian (7.7%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (58%)
- Canada (25%)
- Hungary (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 159 (74%)
- Carpooled: 40 (19%)
- Walked: 10 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 3 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
94.7% of residents of Gaines township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 555- In family households: 429 (129 male householders, 38 female householders)
136 spouses, 125 children (110 natural, 3 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 126 (58 male householders (41 living alone)), 38 female householders (32 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 17 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
67 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (4 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 8.6% |
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: 1
Here: | 33.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |