Banks township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Banks township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Banks township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 898
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 30
- South: 18
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $11,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Banks township, Pennsylvania:
- 28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 347
- Two: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 106
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,000
Housing units in Banks township with a mortgage: 66 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Construction (18%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Banks township:
- German (26.8%)
- United States or American (18.2%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Italian (10.0%)
- Polish (8.2%)
- English (5.2%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 318 (81%)
- Carpooled: 42 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (2%)
- Walked: 16 (4%)
- Worked at home: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Banks township, Pennsylvania:
- 28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
98.3% of residents of Banks township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 960- In family households: 830 (250 male householders, 23 female householders)
228 spouses, 304 children (285 natural, 8 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 130 (59 male householders (44 living alone)), 43 female householders (37 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 27 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 124 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 13 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 6-persons,
175 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (16 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 27.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |