Penn township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Penn township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 997
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 14
- South: 34
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
30 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 553
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 134
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,100
Housing units in Penn township with a mortgage: 183 (10 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 93
- Public administration (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn township:
- German (38.6%)
- English (12.6%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Italian (7.5%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (50%)
- Austria (25%)
- Germany (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 415 (82%)
- Carpooled: 62 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Wood (23%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
30 people in other group homes
97.7% of residents of Penn township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,064- In family households: 977 (297 male householders, 40 female householders)
265 spouses, 323 children (305 natural, 9 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 8 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 87 (40 male householders (36 living alone)), 33 female householders (29 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 30 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 173 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person, 4 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
216 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (10 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 5.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 41.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |