Washington township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1849
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 63
- South: 41
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
10 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 678
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 322 (37 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 221
- Metal and metal products (19%)
- Construction (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (58.8%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- English (1.6%)
- Polish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (36%)
- Canada (36%)
- Japan (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 747 (75%)
- Carpooled: 184 (18%)
- Railroad: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Coal or coke (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
10 people in nursing homes
94.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,043- In family households: 1,857 (510 male householders, 97 female householders)
525 spouses, 650 children (625 natural, 17 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 20 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 186 (69 male householders (61 living alone)), 90 female householders (71 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 259 2-persons, 152 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 132 1-person, 27 2-persons,
423 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (29 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 4.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
Here: | 30.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |