Blacklick township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Blacklick township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Blacklick 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, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2041
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 38
- South: 37
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 684
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 151
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,500
Housing units in Blacklick township with a mortgage: 219 (8 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 274
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (2%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blacklick township:
- German (20.7%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- Polish (12.6%)
- Italian (9.5%)
- United States or American (7.4%)
- English (7.0%)
- Slovak (6.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (50%)
- Poland (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 755 (83%)
- Carpooled: 120 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 29 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (75%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.8% of residents of Blacklick township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,193- In family households: 1,972 (538 male householders, 101 female householders)
537 spouses, 695 children (674 natural, 0 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 22 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 221 (81 male householders (49 living alone)), 105 female householders (100 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 281 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 146 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 149 1-person, 32 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
375 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (18 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |