South Bend township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| South Bend township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of South Bend township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1123
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 25
- South: 69
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 388
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 130
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in South Bend township with a mortgage: 128 (6 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Bend township:
- German (28.8%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Italian (8.8%)
- English (8.3%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (71%)
- Other South America (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 459 (83%)
- Carpooled: 60 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.7% of residents of South Bend township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,256- In family households: 1,163 (334 male householders, 57 female householders)
335 spouses, 394 children (354 natural, 10 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 6 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (54 male householders (52 living alone)), 33 female householders (31 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 4 2-persons,
226 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (17 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 17.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |