Allegheny township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 14 (7% naturalized citizens)
| Allegheny township: | 13.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Allegheny township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1890
- Northeast: 176
- Midwest: 53
- South: 40
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
921 people in federal prisons and detention centers
23 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 509
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,700
Housing units in Allegheny township with a mortgage: 179 (24 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Rail transportation (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allegheny township:
- German (51.2%)
- Irish (16.4%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Italian (5.3%)
- English (4.3%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (43%)
- Dominican Republic (29%)
- Taiwan (12%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Germany (3%)
- Cuba (3%)
- Mexico (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 637 (78%)
- Carpooled: 119 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Coal or coke (21%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
921 people in federal prisons and detention centers
23 people in religious group quarters
84.7% of residents of Allegheny township speak English at home.
9.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (5% speak English very well, 95% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,602- In family households: 1,475 (372 male householders, 51 female householders)
342 spouses, 653 children (625 natural, 10 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 17 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (75 male householders (68 living alone)), 44 female householders (42 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 931 (909 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 133 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 9 2-persons,
359 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (11 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76
| Here: | 42.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 25.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |