Porter township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,917 (all rural)
| Males: 943 |  (49.2%) |
| Females: 974 |  (50.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,917 (1,653 owner occupied, 264 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Porter township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.6%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
- Some other race: 0.3%
Median age of males: 41.2
Median age of females: 43.6
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Average household size: 2.50
| Porter township: | 2.5 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Porter township: | $43,566 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $436 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $114,651 (it was $71,800 in 2000)
| : | $114,651 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 54 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 4.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Alexandria.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Camp Barree (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Huyett Cemetery (1), Alexandria Methodist Cemetery (2), Cryder Cemetery (3), Old Hartslog Cemetery (4), Loop Cemetery (5), Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: McLain Run (A), Emma Creek (B), Robinson Run (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of Porter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1769
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 36
- South: 62
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 675
- One, attached: 8
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 183
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,000
Housing units in Porter township with a mortgage: 255 (24 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Paper (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Porter township:
- German (39.6%)
- Irish (13.7%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- English (9.6%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 792 (82%)
- Carpooled: 128 (13%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Worked at home: 23 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (68%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (8%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.8% of residents of Porter township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,925- In family households: 1,709 (501 male householders, 86 female householders)
477 spouses, 538 children (506 natural, 9 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 20 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 216 (65 male householders (53 living alone)), 126 female householders (120 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 273 2-persons, 151 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 173 1-person, 12 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
342 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (26 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 26.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |