Horton township, Elk County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
Horton township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Horton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1445
- Northeast: 60
- Midwest: 17
- South: 24
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 554
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 21
- Mobile homes: 153
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Horton township with a mortgage: 233 (19 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 162
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (11%)
- Chemicals (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Horton township:
- German (25.9%)
- Italian (22.0%)
- English (9.1%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Swedish (5.0%)
- Polish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (40%)
- Poland (40%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 610 (84%)
- Carpooled: 84 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
97.8% of residents of Horton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,573- In family households: 1,337 (355 male householders, 94 female householders)
376 spouses, 441 children (410 natural, 8 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 12 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 236 (125 male householders (107 living alone)), 87 female householders (80 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 221 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 187 1-person, 21 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
272 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (21 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 4.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 19.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |