Porter township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Porter township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Porter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1318
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 19
- South: 36
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 496
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 96
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,000
Housing units in Porter township with a mortgage: 173 (17 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Porter township:
- German (45.2%)
- United States or American (19.8%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.0%)
- English (5.9%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 528 (77%)
- Carpooled: 83 (12%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
91.5% of residents of Porter township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
6.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,419- In family households: 1,259 (348 male householders, 74 female householders)
372 spouses, 404 children (373 natural, 5 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 17 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 160 (73 male householders (61 living alone)), 59 female householders (50 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 197 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 18 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
256 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (17 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
Here: | 17.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 1.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 11.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |