Shirley township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Shirley township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Shirley 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, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2323
- Northeast: 37
- Midwest: 33
- South: 101
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
40 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 915
- Two: 5
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 345
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Shirley township with a mortgage: 290 (52 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 192
- Public administration (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shirley township:
- German (31.0%)
- United States or American (26.2%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- English (7.3%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Welsh (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (50%)
- Philippines (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 828 (75%)
- Carpooled: 199 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (75%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
40 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.3% of residents of Shirley township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,483- In family households: 2,194 (610 male householders, 115 female householders)
603 spouses, 743 children (652 natural, 21 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 12 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 289 (98 male householders (82 living alone)), 162 female householders (150 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (41 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 359 2-persons, 157 3-persons, 129 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 232 1-person, 28 2-persons,
428 married couples with children.
127 single-parent households (57 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 56.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |