Barr township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
Barr township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of Barr township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2063
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 55
- South: 28
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
15 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 719
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,400
Housing units in Barr township with a mortgage: 188 (18 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 265
- Construction (16%)
- Health care (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Barr township:
- German (38.0%)
- Italian (10.5%)
- Polish (9.7%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- English (5.2%)
- Slovak (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Portugal (25%)
- Canada (25%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Vietnam (17%)
- Honduras (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 698 (82%)
- Carpooled: 110 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Coal or coke (19%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
15 people in nursing homes
97.4% of residents of Barr township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,158- In family households: 1,973 (539 male householders, 67 female householders)
533 spouses, 739 children (699 natural, 22 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 28 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 185 (77 male householders (69 living alone)), 79 female householders (68 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 221 2-persons, 144 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 137 1-person, 14 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
475 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (16 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
Here: | 21.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 8.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 15.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |