Buffalo township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Buffalo township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
53% of Buffalo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3048
- Northeast: 192
- Midwest: 288
- South: 143
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $255,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Buffalo township, Pennsylvania:
- 25 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 23 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,245
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 28
- 5 to 9: 6
Housing units in Buffalo township with a mortgage: 918 (82 second mortgage, 203 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 200
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buffalo township:
- German (35.8%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- Polish (10.3%)
- Italian (9.4%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- English (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Mexico (28%)
- Poland (13%)
- India (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Haiti (5%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,671 (84%)
- Carpooled: 131 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 17 (1%)
- Railroad: 58 (3%)
- Walked: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 85 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (96%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Buffalo township, Pennsylvania:
- 25 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 23 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.2% of residents of Buffalo township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,849- In family households: 3,599 (944 male householders, 124 female householders)
1,008 spouses, 1,415 children (1,279 natural, 33 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 34 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 250 (103 male householders (78 living alone)), 94 female householders (77 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 392 2-persons, 202 3-persons, 270 4-persons, 133 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 155 1-person, 42 2-persons,
374 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (19 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |