West township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
West township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of West township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 486
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 14
- South: 12
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 229
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 47
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in West township with a mortgage: 46 (9 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67
- Construction (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West township:
- German (37.7%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- English (8.9%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Scottish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 213 (78%)
- Carpooled: 29 (11%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Wood (15%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
95.8% of residents of West township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 528- In family households: 472 (144 male householders, 15 female householders)
149 spouses, 148 children (142 natural, 2 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (29 male householders (24 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 66 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 22 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 2 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
103 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (3 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 10.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 11.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 31.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |