Snake Spring township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Snake Spring township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Snake Spring township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1212
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 45
- South: 150
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
109 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 553
- One, attached: 9
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 80
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,500
Housing units in Snake Spring township with a mortgage: 198 (26 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 178
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Snake Spring township:
- German (46.4%)
- United States or American (14.8%)
- English (8.9%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Polish (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (33%)
- Germany (25%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (25%)
- Other Northern Europe (8%)
- Japan (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 550 (80%)
- Carpooled: 70 (10%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Worked at home: 48 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
109 people in nursing homes
96.2% of residents of Snake Spring township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (25% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,376- In family households: 1,252 (366 male householders, 62 female householders)
391 spouses, 385 children (354 natural, 5 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 19 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 124 (58 male householders (56 living alone)), 58 female householders (52 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 106 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 229 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 8 2-persons,
252 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (3 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |