Blaine township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 11.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 597 (all rural)
| Males: 304 |  (50.9%) |
| Females: 293 |  (49.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 597 (526 owner occupied, 71 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Blaine township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 39.4
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Average household size: 2.75
| Blaine township: | 2.8 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.16
| Blaine township: | $55,124 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $523 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $145,300 (it was $85,400 in 2000)
| : | $145,300 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $183,907
Here: $183,907 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $155,258
Here: $155,258 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $104,127
Here: $104,127 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $114,765
Here: $114,765 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $151,886
Here: $151,886 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $37,887
Here: $37,887 State: $45,445
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $16,587
Here: $16,587 State: $42,830
| Population density: 50 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Taylorstown.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Camp Buffalo (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Wolf Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Blaine township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 539
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 6
- South: 29
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 175
- Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Blaine township with a mortgage: 64 (2 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Construction (22%)
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blaine township:
- German (24.9%)
- Irish (16.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (13.7%)
- Italian (11.0%)
- English (7.4%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 232 (84%)
- Carpooled: 28 (10%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
98.4% of residents of Blaine township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 593- In family households: 540 (159 male householders, 16 female householders)
153 spouses, 188 children (179 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 5 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 53 (31 male householders (29 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 71 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 2 2-persons,
139 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (3 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |