Black township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 36 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Black township: | 36.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Black township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2899
- Northeast: 688
- Midwest: 90
- South: 154
- West: 73
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,341
- One, attached: 147
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 8
Housing units in Black township with a mortgage: 1,011 (50 second mortgage, 154 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 287
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Construction (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black township:
- Italian (25.6%)
- German (14.6%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- English (7.7%)
- Polish (5.0%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Slovak (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Taiwan (12%)
- Japan (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Poland (7%)
- France (6%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,695 (80%)
- Carpooled: 92 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 39 (2%)
- Railroad: 29 (1%)
- Bicycle: 12 (1%)
- Walked: 40 (2%)
- Worked at home: 218 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
88.1% of residents of Black township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
5.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,101- In family households: 3,739 (935 male householders, 232 female householders)
1,074 spouses, 1,343 children (1,242 natural, 40 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 14 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 362 (150 male householders (113 living alone)), 161 female householders (146 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 186 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 447 2-persons, 261 3-persons, 281 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 259 1-person, 52 2-persons,
209 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (24 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 66
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43
| Here: | 37.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |