Union township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 904
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 15
- South: 57
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 521
- Mobile homes: 117
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,900
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 117 (15 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Construction (22%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- United States or American (32.3%)
- German (30.8%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- English (3.4%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 347 (77%)
- Carpooled: 74 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.1% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,010- In family households: 905 (251 male householders, 51 female householders)
270 spouses, 273 children (241 natural, 3 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (42 male householders (33 living alone)), 45 female householders (38 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 71 1-person, 14 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
167 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (12 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 7.1% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |