Canoe township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Canoe township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Canoe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1534
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 32
- South: 44
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Canoe township, Pennsylvania:
- 111 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 535
- One, attached: 40
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 97
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Canoe township with a mortgage: 143 (2 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 176
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canoe township:
- German (24.7%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- Italian (11.6%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- English (9.3%)
- Polish (6.1%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (33%)
- Korea (33%)
- Mexico (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 488 (76%)
- Carpooled: 88 (14%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Canoe township, Pennsylvania:
- 111 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.4% of residents of Canoe township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,519- In family households: 1,345 (342 male householders, 87 female householders)
347 spouses, 482 children (435 natural, 8 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 12 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 174 (59 male householders (50 living alone)), 95 female householders (86 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 160 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 184 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 136 1-person, 18 2-persons,
243 married couples with children.
93 single-parent households (25 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |