Wayne township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
Wayne township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2266
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 41
- South: 31
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
49 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 867
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 334
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 278 (25 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 179
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:
- German (36.4%)
- United States or American (21.3%)
- Italian (7.4%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- English (5.3%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (61%)
- Venezuela (22%)
- Germany (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 758 (75%)
- Carpooled: 179 (18%)
- Walked: 30 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 36 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
49 people in nursing homes
95.7% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,365- In family households: 2,049 (596 male householders, 115 female householders)
567 spouses, 617 children (575 natural, 8 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 30 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 316 (122 male householders (85 living alone)), 123 female householders (112 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 47 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 357 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 197 1-person, 37 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
417 married couples with children.
97 single-parent households (35 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
Here: | 13.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 3.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 33.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |