Hector township, Potter County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 41.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 453 (all rural)
| Males: 224 |  (49.4%) |
| Females: 229 |  (50.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 453 (379 owner occupied, 74 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Hector township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Median age of males: 39.1
Median age of females: 37.9
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Average household size: 2.70
| Hector township: | 2.7 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Hector township: | $41,119 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $475 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,207 (it was $70,500 in 2000)
| : | $96,207 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 26.2% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 11.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lehman Run (A), Stonylick Run (B), Dry Run (C), Laurel Run (D), California Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
81% of Hector township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 380
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 8
- South: 14
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 229
- Mobile homes: 122
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,300
Housing units in Hector township with a mortgage: 22 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Construction (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Leather and allied products (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Leather and allied products (10%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hector township:
- United States or American (27.1%)
- German (19.3%)
- English (14.4%)
- Dutch (8.1%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.6%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 124 (74%)
- Carpooled: 22 (13%)
- Other means: 9 (5%)
- Worked at home: 12 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Wood (29%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
98.6% of residents of Hector township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 471- In family households: 415 (112 male householders, 14 female householders)
115 spouses, 151 children (148 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (24 male householders (17 living alone)), 15 female householders (13 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 8 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
83 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (9 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |