Wayne township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (91% naturalized citizens)
Wayne township: | 1.2% |
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, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4060
- Northeast: 295
- Midwest: 123
- South: 136
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
15 people in religious group quarters
2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,562
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 23
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 323
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 789 (83 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 364
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:
- German (42.9%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.4%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Dutch (5.0%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Welsh (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (61%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Peru (9%)
- Canada (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,039 (84%)
- Carpooled: 202 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 124 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Coal or coke (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
15 people in religious group quarters
2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.8% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,704- In family households: 4,228 (1,252 male householders, 164 female householders)
1,271 spouses, 1,301 children (1,138 natural, 67 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 23 other relatives, 124 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 476 (235 male householders (187 living alone)), 179 female householders (164 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 636 2-persons, 363 3-persons, 295 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 351 1-person, 63 2-persons,
897 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (66 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
Here: | 10.9% |
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: 43
Here: | 39.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |