Henderson township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Henderson township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Henderson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1569
- Northeast: 67
- Midwest: 73
- South: 22
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 523
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 59
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,200
Housing units in Henderson township with a mortgage: 189 (13 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 117
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Henderson township:
- German (33.5%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (11.3%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Dutch (5.1%)
- English (4.9%)
- Polish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 453 (67%)
- Carpooled: 110 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (6%)
- Other means: 19 (3%)
- Worked at home: 48 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Coal or coke (13%)
- Wood (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
76.4% of residents of Henderson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
22.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,747- In family households: 1,639 (432 male householders, 37 female householders)
413 spouses, 691 children (666 natural, 7 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 7 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 108 (62 male householders (55 living alone)), 36 female householders (36 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 7 2-persons,
496 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (17 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
| Here: | 32.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |