Blair township, Blair County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Blair township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Blair township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3843
- Northeast: 179
- Midwest: 218
- South: 243
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
83 people in nursing homes
7 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,396
- One, attached: 130
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 218
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,200
Housing units in Blair township with a mortgage: 788 (76 second mortgage, 160 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 424
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blair township:
- German (33.3%)
- Irish (17.4%)
- Italian (10.8%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- English (3.5%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (46%)
- Netherlands (29%)
- Spain (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,842 (88%)
- Carpooled: 156 (7%)
- Walked: 62 (3%)
- Worked at home: 27 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
83 people in nursing homes
7 people in religious group quarters
98.4% of residents of Blair township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,497- In family households: 4,005 (1,118 male householders, 224 female householders)
1,148 spouses, 1,320 children (1,192 natural, 50 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 31 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 492 (157 male householders (125 living alone)), 285 female householders (275 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 93 (83 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 626 2-persons, 316 3-persons, 272 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 400 1-person, 42 2-persons,
827 married couples with children.
168 single-parent households (55 men, 113 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 47
| Here: | 37.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |