Canton township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Canton township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7954
- Northeast: 105
- Midwest: 145
- South: 476
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
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
People in group quarters in Canton township, Pennsylvania:
- 66 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,572
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 48
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 89
- 20 to 49: 11
- Mobile homes: 995
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,600
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 1,245 (74 second mortgage, 231 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 795
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- German (19.1%)
- Italian (16.2%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- English (8.7%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (33%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (19%)
- Canada (19%)
- Other Western Europe (10%)
- Ecuador (10%)
- Iran (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,172 (83%)
- Carpooled: 489 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 81 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Canton township, Pennsylvania:
- 66 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other group homes
96.8% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,750- In family households: 7,535 (1,933 male householders, 600 female householders)
1,952 spouses, 2,517 children (2,357 natural, 54 adopted, 106 stepchildren), 146 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 111 other relatives, 142 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,215 (395 male householders (329 living alone)), 641 female householders (558 living alone)), 179 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 76 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,170 2-persons, 648 3-persons, 484 4-persons, 173 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 887 1-person, 123 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 15 4-persons,
1,264 married couples with children.
534 single-parent households (107 men, 427 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 90
| Here: | 41.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |