East Huntingdon township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| East Huntingdon township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of East Huntingdon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7085
- Northeast: 151
- Midwest: 173
- South: 220
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $99,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in East Huntingdon township, Pennsylvania:
- 31 people in other group homes
- 21 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,142
- One, attached: 63
- Two: 55
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 79
- 10 to 19: 47
- 20 to 49: 84
- Mobile homes: 772
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,000
Housing units in East Huntingdon township with a mortgage: 882 (75 second mortgage, 147 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 889
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Paper (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Huntingdon township:
- German (33.8%)
- Polish (10.9%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Italian (8.9%)
- English (6.9%)
- Slovak (6.9%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (57%)
- United Kingdom (21%)
- El Salvador (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,955 (83%)
- Carpooled: 340 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 107 (3%)
- Other means: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 103 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in East Huntingdon township, Pennsylvania:
- 31 people in other group homes
- 21 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.1% of residents of East Huntingdon township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,725- In family households: 6,761 (1,850 male householders, 439 female householders)
1,871 spouses, 2,281 children (2,158 natural, 49 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 80 grandchildren, 70 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 61 other relatives, 83 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 964 (313 male householders (269 living alone)), 548 female householders (494 living alone)), 103 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (21 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,022 2-persons, 574 3-persons, 478 4-persons, 147 5-persons, 64 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 763 1-person, 98 2-persons,
1,243 married couples with children.
380 single-parent households (89 men, 291 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |