Salem township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (56% naturalized citizens)
Salem township: | 3.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2261
- Northeast: 1003
- Midwest: 30
- South: 134
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,303
- One, attached: 45
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 355
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,000
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 439 (21 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 299
- Construction (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (20.6%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- Italian (13.3%)
- Polish (12.6%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- English (5.3%)
- Welsh (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (20%)
- Vietnam (15%)
- Ireland (12%)
- Ukraine (12%)
- Canada (7%)
- Germany (5%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,282 (83%)
- Carpooled: 182 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 44 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.9% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (34% speak English very well, 41% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,664- In family households: 3,249 (759 male householders, 271 female householders)
820 spouses, 1,091 children (1,014 natural, 17 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 55 parents, 69 other relatives, 88 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 415 (184 male householders (151 living alone)), 175 female householders (156 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 475 2-persons, 214 3-persons, 196 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 307 1-person, 52 2-persons,
654 married couples with children.
193 single-parent households (72 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 1.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
Here: | 8.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
Here: | 31.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |