Portage township, Cameron County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (100% naturalized citizens)
Portage township: | 2.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Portage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 884
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 63
- South: 168
- West: 4
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 305
- One, attached: 12
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,400
Housing units in Portage township with a mortgage: 141 (7 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portage township:
- German (41.4%)
- United States or American (21.9%)
- English (11.2%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Scottish (3.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Italian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (57%)
- Germany (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 541 (88%)
- Carpooled: 51 (8%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.2% of residents of Portage township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (25% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,153- In family households: 1,060 (305 male householders, 41 female householders)
293 spouses, 381 children (366 natural, 12 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 4 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (47 male householders (41 living alone)), 32 female householders (25 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 13 2-persons,
59 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (4 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 6.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 45.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |