Lower Turkeyfoot township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Turkeyfoot township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
82% of Lower Turkeyfoot township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% 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: 639
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 12
- South: 32
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
17 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 329
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 86
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,300
Housing units in Lower Turkeyfoot township with a mortgage: 54 (5 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 96
- Construction (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Apparel (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Carpenters (15%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Printing workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Turkeyfoot township:
- German (54.3%)
- United States or American (15.7%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.3%)
- English (4.0%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 136 (65%)
- Carpooled: 51 (24%)
- Walked: 10 (5%)
- Worked at home: 12 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (69%)
- Wood (16%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
17 people in other nonhousehold living situations
98.7% of residents of Lower Turkeyfoot township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 654- In family households: 577 (166 male householders, 26 female householders)
179 spouses, 184 children (167 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 77 (47 male householders (45 living alone)), 28 female householders (28 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 99 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 2 2-persons,
93 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (11 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.0% |
| 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% |