West Carroll township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| West Carroll township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of West Carroll township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1341
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 12
- South: 24
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 515
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in West Carroll township with a mortgage: 138 (22 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 263
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Carroll township:
- German (21.1%)
- Italian (13.7%)
- Polish (13.4%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Slovak (5.6%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Germany (29%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 445 (85%)
- Carpooled: 56 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 11 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (78%)
- Coal or coke (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.0% of residents of West Carroll township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,391- In family households: 1,259 (328 male householders, 84 female householders)
292 spouses, 457 children (444 natural, 11 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 16 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 132 (60 male householders (56 living alone)), 63 female householders (61 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 172 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 117 1-person, 6 2-persons,
233 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (21 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 45.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |