King township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 15.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,264 (all rural)
| Males: 624 |  (49.4%) |
| Females: 640 |  (50.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,264 (1,029 owner occupied, 235 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in King township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 36.6
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Average household size: 2.68
| King township: | 2.7 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| King township: | $43,890 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $450 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,835 (it was $77,900 in 2000)
| : | $119,835 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 82 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 12.4% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in King township: Shaefer Overlook (A), Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in King township: Saint Peters Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mud Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
78% of King township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1159
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 13
- South: 48
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $134,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 382
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 100
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,000
Housing units in King township with a mortgage: 103 (19 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 127
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in King township:
- German (54.6%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Dutch (4.8%)
- English (4.0%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 448 (82%)
- Carpooled: 63 (11%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 22 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Wood (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.4% of residents of King township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,245- In family households: 1,123 (298 male householders, 61 female householders)
301 spouses, 394 children (362 natural, 3 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 3 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 122 (54 male householders (43 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 10 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
245 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (20 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |