Tyrone township, Blair County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (89% naturalized citizens)
| Tyrone township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Tyrone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1595
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 40
- South: 64
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 645
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 39
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,000
Housing units in Tyrone township with a mortgage: 236 (17 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tyrone township:
- German (35.9%)
- Italian (10.7%)
- English (9.5%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.2%)
- Polish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (33%)
- Japan (33%)
- Korea (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 662 (79%)
- Carpooled: 92 (11%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 65 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (74%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (10%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
90.4% of residents of Tyrone township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
8.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,800- In family households: 1,607 (453 male householders, 72 female householders)
469 spouses, 542 children (511 natural, 11 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 11 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 193 (85 male householders (74 living alone)), 69 female householders (55 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 129 1-person, 17 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
397 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (13 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 74
| Here: | 35.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |