Brothersvalley township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Brothersvalley township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
50% of Brothersvalley 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, 91% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3597
- Northeast: 191
- Midwest: 42
- South: 204
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
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
1,769 people in state prisons
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 762
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 147
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,100
Housing units in Brothersvalley township with a mortgage: 270 (29 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brothersvalley township:
- German (57.5%)
- United States or American (13.6%)
- English (3.6%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Irish (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Italian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Caribbean (35%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (23%)
- Jamaica (21%)
- Mexico (13%)
- El Salvador (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,012 (82%)
- Carpooled: 99 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (4%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Coal or coke (20%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Wood (1%)
1,769 people in state prisons
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.0% of residents of Brothersvalley township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,439- In family households: 2,329 (688 male householders, 75 female householders)
669 spouses, 800 children (733 natural, 14 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 26 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (66 male householders (61 living alone)), 37 female householders (37 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,766 (1,762 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 313 2-persons, 175 3-persons, 201 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
529 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (25 men, 22 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: 20
| Here: | 32.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |