Goshen township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 49.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 496 (all rural)
| Males: 251 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 245 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 496 (433 owner occupied, 63 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Goshen township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Median age of males: 36.3
Median age of females: 36.4
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Average household size: 2.61
| Goshen township: | 2.6 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.05
| Goshen township: | $39,236 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $420 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $84,500 (it was $59,300 in 2000)
| : | $84,500 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $110,866
Here: $110,866 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $111,081
Here: $111,081 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $52,094
Here: $52,094 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $115,070
Here: $115,070 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $122,724
Here: $122,724 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $42,209
Here: $42,209 State: $45,445
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 17.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 5.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Goshen Township Volunteer Fire Company (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Goshen township: Goshen Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Coldstream Run (A), Trout Run (B), Surveyor Run (C), Jack Dent Branch (D), Flegals Run (E), Dixon Run (F), Crooked Run (G), Lick Run (H), Roberts Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Goshen township: State Game Lands Number 94 (1). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Goshen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 92% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 487
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 1
- South: 8
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 246
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 45
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Goshen township with a mortgage: 66 (4 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Construction (19%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Cashiers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goshen township:
- United States or American (38.2%)
- German (16.5%)
- English (7.4%)
- Irish (5.4%)
- Swedish (5.1%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Scottish (3.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 196 (87%)
- Carpooled: 12 (5%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (74%)
- Coal or coke (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.7% of residents of Goshen township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 512- In family households: 454 (113 male householders, 27 female householders)
115 spouses, 157 children (135 natural, 2 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 58 (32 male householders (26 living alone)), 18 female householders (14 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person, 10 2-persons,
91 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (12 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 11.8% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |