Canal township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Canal township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Canal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 877
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 37
- South: 23
- West: 8
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 313
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 118
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,400
Housing units in Canal township with a mortgage: 80 (2 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 48
- Machinery (16%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canal township:
- German (31.0%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- United States or American (9.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.3%)
- Italian (5.9%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (29%)
- Canada (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 348 (75%)
- Carpooled: 83 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood (16%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.1% of residents of Canal township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 986- In family households: 889 (263 male householders, 33 female householders)
256 spouses, 286 children (265 natural, 6 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 8 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (59 male householders (45 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 135 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person, 14 2-persons,
199 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (15 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |