Patterson township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Patterson township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Patterson 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, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2644
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 211
- South: 122
- West: 71
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Patterson township, Pennsylvania:
- 90 people in other group homes
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,017
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 54
- 5 to 9: 61
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 54
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Patterson township with a mortgage: 485 (37 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 373
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Air transportation (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Patterson township:
- German (26.4%)
- Italian (22.2%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- English (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (39%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Germany (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- South Africa (8%)
- Italy (6%)
- Hungary (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,253 (87%)
- Carpooled: 112 (8%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 59 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Patterson township, Pennsylvania:
- 90 people in other group homes
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of Patterson township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,015- In family households: 2,631 (755 male householders, 152 female householders)
742 spouses, 836 children (768 natural, 25 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 16 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 384 (89 male householders (80 living alone)), 264 female householders (260 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 175 (88 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 448 2-persons, 194 3-persons, 185 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 340 1-person, 4 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
539 married couples with children.
130 single-parent households (24 men, 106 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 12.8% |
| 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: 58
| Here: | 43.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |