Meshoppen township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
Meshoppen township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Meshoppen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 735
- Northeast: 63
- Midwest: 10
- South: 14
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 267
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 133
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Meshoppen township with a mortgage: 76 (22 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Paper (10%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meshoppen township:
- German (19.4%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- Polish (13.0%)
- English (11.4%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (55%)
- Germany (27%)
- Netherlands (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 287 (77%)
- Carpooled: 58 (16%)
- Walked: 15 (4%)
- Worked at home: 13 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood (11%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
98.4% of residents of Meshoppen township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 860- In family households: 750 (185 male householders, 49 female householders)
179 spouses, 284 children (255 natural, 12 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (40 male householders (28 living alone)), 54 female householders (51 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 10 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
159 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (14 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 3.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 15.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 50.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |