South Huntingdon township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
South Huntingdon township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of South Huntingdon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5767
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 140
- South: 144
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
6 people in other group homes
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,983
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 59
- 3 or 4: 30
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 461
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in South Huntingdon township with a mortgage: 653 (52 second mortgage, 158 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 791
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (46%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (36%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Huntingdon township:
- German (18.6%)
- Italian (15.9%)
- Polish (10.3%)
- English (9.2%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Slovak (6.0%)
- Irish (5.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (28%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Spain (25%)
- Germany (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,328 (87%)
- Carpooled: 175 (7%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 93 (3%)
- Other means: 32 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (69%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
6 people in other group homes
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.6% of residents of South Huntingdon township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,164- In family households: 5,406 (1,522 male householders, 285 female householders)
1,517 spouses, 1,812 children (1,697 natural, 0 adopted, 115 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 76 other relatives, 83 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 758 (263 male householders (214 living alone)), 346 female householders (318 living alone)), 149 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 837 2-persons, 446 3-persons, 385 4-persons, 110 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 532 1-person, 53 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
997 married couples with children.
223 single-parent households (62 men, 161 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
Here: | 8.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 54
Here: | 23.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |