Knox township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
Knox township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Knox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 932
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 44
- South: 38
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 382
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 3
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 97
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,400
Housing units in Knox township with a mortgage: 114 (4 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Knox township:
- German (32.0%)
- United States or American (20.9%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- English (6.8%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Brazil (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 402 (86%)
- Carpooled: 53 (11%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 5 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
98.2% of residents of Knox township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,056- In family households: 931 (290 male householders, 17 female householders)
272 spouses, 319 children (279 natural, 2 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (55 male householders (42 living alone)), 57 female householders (53 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 95 1-person, 17 2-persons,
192 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (16 men, 21 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |