West Taylor township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| West Taylor township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of West Taylor township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 782
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 45
- South: 26
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
30 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 305
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,300
Housing units in West Taylor township with a mortgage: 98 (6 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25
- Construction (21%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Retail florists (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Taylor township:
- German (28.1%)
- United States or American (27.8%)
- English (14.4%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Czech (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (18%)
- Panama (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 334 (79%)
- Carpooled: 57 (13%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Wood (12%)
- Electricity (4%)
30 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.4% of residents of West Taylor township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 887- In family households: 824 (248 male householders, 20 female householders)
231 spouses, 293 children (269 natural, 11 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 8 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 63 (24 male householders (20 living alone)), 33 female householders (31 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 6 2-persons,
101 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (13 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |