Porter township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 17.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 282 (all rural)
| Males: 137 |  (48.6%) |
| Females: 145 |  (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 282 (232 owner occupied, 50 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Porter township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 38.9
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Average household size: 2.56
| Porter township: | 2.6 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.85
| Porter township: | $41,219 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $429 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $86,536 (it was $59,600 in 2000)
| : | $86,536 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 16 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 17.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 9.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Porter township: Zion Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
84% of Porter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 237
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 4
- South: 3
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 118
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Porter township with a mortgage: 26 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Utilities (14%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (18%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Extraction workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (21%)
- Food processing workers (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Special education teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Porter township:
- German (26.5%)
- United States or American (26.0%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Italian (7.7%)
- English (7.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.2%)
- Scottish (4.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 87 (84%)
- Carpooled: 6 (6%)
- Walked: 5 (5%)
- Worked at home: 5 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 246- In family households: 213 (63 male householders, 15 female householders)
59 spouses, 66 children (63 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 33 (14 male householders (11 living alone)), 14 female householders (11 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 6 2-persons,
39 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (10 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |