Adams township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (68% naturalized citizens)
Adams township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Adams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5813
- Northeast: 157
- Midwest: 195
- South: 156
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Adams township, Pennsylvania:
- 23 people in other group homes
- 22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,963
- One, attached: 223
- Two: 85
- 3 or 4: 71
- 5 to 9: 47
- 10 to 19: 42
- Mobile homes: 211
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100
Housing units in Adams township with a mortgage: 890 (41 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 825
- Construction (14%)
- Health care (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Adams township:
- German (26.1%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- English (7.9%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- Slovak (6.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Asia, n.e.c. (33%)
- Lebanon (28%)
- Korea (12%)
- Canada (9%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,532 (86%)
- Carpooled: 261 (9%)
- Walked: 59 (2%)
- Worked at home: 82 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (62%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Adams township, Pennsylvania:
- 23 people in other group homes
- 22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.0% of residents of Adams township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (47% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,443- In family households: 5,843 (1,581 male householders, 365 female householders)
1,550 spouses, 1,839 children (1,767 natural, 25 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 88 parents, 54 other relatives, 255 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 600 (243 male householders (234 living alone)), 328 female householders (320 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 875 2-persons, 478 3-persons, 391 4-persons, 149 5-persons, 53 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 554 1-person, 9 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,131 married couples with children.
261 single-parent households (60 men, 201 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
Here: | 4.9% |
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: 24
Here: | 12.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |