Jackson township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5659
- Northeast: 261
- Midwest: 147
- South: 156
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $175,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Pennsylvania:
- 85 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,753
- One, attached: 141
- Two: 68
- 3 or 4: 34
- 5 to 9: 8
- 20 to 49: 16
- 50 or more: 118
- Mobile homes: 340
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 852 (16 second mortgage, 167 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 594
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (49.8%)
- United States or American (18.9%)
- Swiss (5.3%)
- English (4.9%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (42%)
- Germany (16%)
- Ireland (15%)
- Yugoslavia (15%)
- Hungary (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,450 (81%)
- Carpooled: 183 (6%)
- Taxi: 25 (1%)
- Walked: 51 (2%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 283 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Pennsylvania:
- 85 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
92.4% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
7.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,239- In family households: 5,565 (1,591 male householders, 243 female householders)
1,591 spouses, 1,952 children (1,855 natural, 13 adopted, 84 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 28 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 674 (217 male householders (158 living alone)), 352 female householders (336 living alone)), 105 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 99 (78 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 903 2-persons, 405 3-persons, 285 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 494 1-person, 61 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,321 married couples with children.
141 single-parent households (50 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 124
Here: | 17.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64
Here: | 22.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
Here: | 27.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |