Worth township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Worth township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Worth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 748
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 17
- South: 24
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 277
- Mobile homes: 54
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Worth township with a mortgage: 60 (0 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Health care (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Worth township:
- German (28.0%)
- English (12.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (12.4%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- Italian (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 316 (79%)
- Carpooled: 47 (12%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
97.7% of residents of Worth township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 841- In family households: 738 (208 male householders, 37 female householders)
221 spouses, 259 children (237 natural, 4 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 7 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 103 (49 male householders (38 living alone)), 35 female householders (29 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 110 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 14 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
171 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (15 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 5.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 9.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 30.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |