East Providence township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)
| East Providence township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of East Providence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1599
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 46
- South: 168
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 537
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 3
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 282
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,800
Housing units in East Providence township with a mortgage: 113 (15 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (17%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (26%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Gasoline stations (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Providence township:
- German (34.5%)
- United States or American (32.4%)
- English (8.2%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (33%)
- Korea (33%)
- Cuba (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 654 (75%)
- Carpooled: 142 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (68%)
- Wood (19%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
98.3% of residents of East Providence township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,868- In family households: 1,641 (457 male householders, 100 female householders)
433 spouses, 550 children (515 natural, 3 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 15 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 227 (96 male householders (80 living alone)), 100 female householders (88 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 245 2-persons, 150 3-persons, 108 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 168 1-person, 24 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
343 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (39 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |