Chest township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 29.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 346 (all rural)
| Males: 181 |  (52.3%) |
| Females: 165 |  (47.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 346 (315 owner occupied, 31 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Chest township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 40.5
Median age of females: 42.1
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Average household size: 2.91
| Chest township: | 2.9 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.13
| Chest township: | $41,423 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $387 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $85,300 (it was $61,400 in 2000)
| : | $85,300 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.2% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Wyerough Run (A), Brubaker Run (B), Rock Run (C), Killbuck Run (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Chest township: State Game Lands Number 108 (1). Display/hide its location on the map
78% of Chest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 347
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 4
- South: 11
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 2.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 128
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Chest township with a mortgage: 40 (3 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chest township:
- German (42.1%)
- Italian (10.9%)
- French (except Basque) (7.6%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- English (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 122 (73%)
- Carpooled: 29 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
- Worked at home: 9 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Coal or coke (22%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
96.7% of residents of Chest township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 377- In family households: 355 (93 male householders, 14 female householders)
96 spouses, 131 children (119 natural, 3 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 22 (7 male householders (6 living alone)), 8 female householders (5 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 35 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person, 4 2-persons,
61 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (3 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 39.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |