Ferguson township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ferguson township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Ferguson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 385
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 5
- South: 10
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 137
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 61
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Ferguson township with a mortgage: 29 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Health care (44%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ferguson township:
- German (22.1%)
- United States or American (15.2%)
- English (11.4%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- Dutch (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (8.0%)
- Italian (7.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (50%)
- Korea (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 131 (80%)
- Carpooled: 19 (12%)
- Walked: 10 (6%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Coal or coke (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Other fuel (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
98.7% of residents of Ferguson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 411- In family households: 365 (104 male householders, 17 female householders)
95 spouses, 130 children (125 natural, 2 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (17 male householders (15 living alone)), 25 female householders (24 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 51 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person, 3 2-persons,
80 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (6 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 9.6% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |