South Buffalo township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| South Buffalo township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of South Buffalo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2607
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 31
- South: 80
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
5 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 942
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 81
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,500
Housing units in South Buffalo township with a mortgage: 399 (35 second mortgage, 83 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 294
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Buffalo township:
- German (26.9%)
- Italian (11.4%)
- English (10.3%)
- Polish (10.1%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Slovak (6.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,105 (87%)
- Carpooled: 96 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
5 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
4 people in other group homes
98.1% of residents of South Buffalo township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,757- In family households: 2,520 (735 male householders, 89 female householders)
727 spouses, 914 children (852 natural, 26 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 8 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 237 (103 male householders (85 living alone)), 95 female householders (92 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 375 2-persons, 164 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 177 1-person, 10 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
552 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (15 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 31
| Here: | 37.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |