Columbia township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Columbia township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 834
- Northeast: 270
- Midwest: 24
- South: 17
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 333
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 117
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,000
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 69 (4 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Paper (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- German (21.4%)
- United States or American (18.3%)
- English (17.7%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Italian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (33%)
- Korea (33%)
- Costa Rica (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 407 (76%)
- Carpooled: 48 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 49 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Wood (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
98.4% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,159- In family households: 1,055 (275 male householders, 56 female householders)
298 spouses, 391 children (366 natural, 2 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 4 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 104 (52 male householders (45 living alone)), 34 female householders (28 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 153 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
263 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (22 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |