Washington township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1656
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 49
- South: 34
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 495
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 217
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,300
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 121 (15 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Health care (37%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Apparel (12%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Chemicals (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (10%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (15%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Printing workers (12%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (26.7%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Italian (9.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.3%)
- English (4.5%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sierra Leone (60%)
- Germany (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 590 (77%)
- Carpooled: 107 (14%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 17 (2%)
- Worked at home: 42 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
98.4% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,808- In family households: 1,616 (455 male householders, 60 female householders)
445 spouses, 565 children (533 natural, 2 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 21 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 192 (96 male householders (68 living alone)), 55 female householders (46 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 207 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 114 1-person, 28 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
349 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (42 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 3.2% |
| 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: | 5.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |