Canton township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Canton township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1747
- Northeast: 186
- Midwest: 30
- South: 86
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
9 people in nursing homes
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 600
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 213
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,300
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 161 (6 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 153
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Paper (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- German (19.8%)
- English (19.1%)
- United States or American (18.5%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (35%)
- Netherlands (35%)
- United Kingdom (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 691 (77%)
- Carpooled: 94 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 43 (5%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
9 people in nursing homes
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.5% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,081- In family households: 1,840 (520 male householders, 79 female householders)
463 spouses, 645 children (585 natural, 11 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 28 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 241 (76 male householders (59 living alone)), 105 female householders (84 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 270 2-persons, 123 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
391 married couples with children.
114 single-parent households (62 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 0.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |