Greenwood township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
Greenwood township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Greenwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1689
- Northeast: 122
- Midwest: 30
- South: 46
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 610
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 138
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,700
Housing units in Greenwood township with a mortgage: 236 (35 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Construction (19%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greenwood township:
- German (38.3%)
- English (12.9%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.3%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- Polish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (27%)
- Korea (20%)
- Canada (20%)
- Germany (13%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 806 (81%)
- Carpooled: 116 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (69%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.0% of residents of Greenwood township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,932- In family households: 1,729 (485 male householders, 78 female householders)
478 spouses, 604 children (550 natural, 9 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 13 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (87 male householders (68 living alone)), 77 female householders (64 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 234 2-persons, 132 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 132 1-person, 27 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
378 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (25 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 3.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 3.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
Here: | 33.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |