Jay township, Elk County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Jay township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Jay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1969
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 25
- South: 29
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 954
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 6
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 205
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Jay township with a mortgage: 262 (30 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 309
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Chemicals (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jay township:
- Italian (29.8%)
- German (26.9%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- English (6.9%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Swedish (3.6%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (56%)
- Italy (22%)
- India (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 707 (78%)
- Carpooled: 159 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Wood (3%)
98.0% of residents of Jay township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,094- In family households: 1,771 (505 male householders, 83 female householders)
514 spouses, 594 children (550 natural, 10 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 15 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 323 (115 male householders (90 living alone)), 168 female householders (156 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 267 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 246 1-person, 33 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
358 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (35 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 4.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 7.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 14.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |