Cresson township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Cresson township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Cresson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3509
- Northeast: 140
- Midwest: 104
- South: 169
- West: 70
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Cresson township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,187 people in state prisons
- 145 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 45 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 43 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 695
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 30
- 5 to 9: 55
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 33
- 50 or more: 55
- Mobile homes: 221
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in Cresson township with a mortgage: 325 (21 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 270
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cresson township:
- German (26.1%)
- Polish (16.4%)
- Irish (16.3%)
- Italian (10.8%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- English (3.1%)
- Slovak (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (30%)
- Germany (19%)
- Honduras (19%)
- Dominican Republic (16%)
- Other Caribbean (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 925 (82%)
- Carpooled: 148 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 41 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 3 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
People in group quarters in Cresson township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,187 people in state prisons
- 145 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 45 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 43 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
89.7% of residents of Cresson township speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,612- In family households: 2,221 (542 male householders, 161 female householders)
548 spouses, 808 children (758 natural, 0 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 19 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 391 (141 male householders (119 living alone)), 206 female householders (193 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,443 (1,223 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 312 1-person, 28 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
451 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (38 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 47
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
| Here: | 48.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |