Cook township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Cook township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Cook township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2137
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 67
- South: 80
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 932
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 233
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Cook township with a mortgage: 250 (28 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Construction (19%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cook township:
- German (37.4%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- Slovak (6.0%)
- English (5.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ecuador (38%)
- United Kingdom (31%)
- Other Western Europe (31%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 969 (86%)
- Carpooled: 110 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (72%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.2% of residents of Cook township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,371- In family households: 2,112 (650 male householders, 69 female householders)
660 spouses, 675 children (616 natural, 22 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 10 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 259 (114 male householders (82 living alone)), 100 female householders (94 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 309 2-persons, 211 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 176 1-person, 31 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
459 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (13 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
| Here: | 46.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |