Buffington township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Buffington township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Buffington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1200
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 20
- South: 20
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 348
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 165
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,100
Housing units in Buffington township with a mortgage: 113 (13 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 107
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buffington township:
- German (30.9%)
- United States or American (12.7%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- Italian (7.5%)
- Polish (7.5%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 457 (85%)
- Carpooled: 46 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (4%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 3 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (6%)
98.1% of residents of Buffington township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (20% speak English very well, 80% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,275- In family households: 1,160 (334 male householders, 40 female householders)
307 spouses, 418 children (402 natural, 6 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 13 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 115 (50 male householders (41 living alone)), 46 female householders (42 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 12 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
228 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (24 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 1.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 6.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 21.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |