Spruce Creek township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 8.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 263 (all rural)
| Males: 130 |  (49.4%) |
| Females: 133 |  (50.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 263 (227 owner occupied, 36 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Spruce Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 43.3
Median age of females: 46.1
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Average household size: 2.25
| Spruce Creek township: | 2.3 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.77
| Spruce Creek township: | $43,566 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $436 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $114,651 (it was $71,800 in 2000)
| : | $114,651 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 9.2% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sinking Run (A), Spruce Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
80% of Spruce Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 227
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 8
- South: 23
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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: 121
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Spruce Creek township with a mortgage: 39 (10 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Construction (13%)
- Repair and maintenance (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Rail transportation (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Customer service representatives (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spruce Creek township:
- German (48.6%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- English (4.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Greek (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 95 (73%)
- Carpooled: 24 (18%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
98.0% of residents of Spruce Creek township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 265- In family households: 233 (60 male householders, 17 female householders)
61 spouses, 72 children (62 natural, 0 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 4 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (10 male householders (9 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 35 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 28 1-person, 1 5-persons,
39 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (3 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 3.7% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 44.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |