Bloom township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 18.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 412 (all rural)
Males: 220 | (53.4%) |
Females: 192 | (46.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 412 (364 owner occupied, 48 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 12% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Bloom township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Median age of males: 42.8
Median age of females: 43.5
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Average household size: 2.44
Bloom township: | 2.4 people |
Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
Bloom township: | $39,236 |
Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
Here: | $420 |
State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $84,500 (it was $59,300 in 2000)
: | $84,500 |
Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $110,866
Here: $110,866 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $111,081
Here: $111,081 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $52,094
Here: $52,094 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $115,070
Here: $115,070 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $122,724
Here: $122,724 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $42,209
Here: $42,209 State: $45,445
Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 8.7% |
Whole state: | 11.0% |
This township: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Woods Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Panther Run (A), Hughey Run (B), Rock Run (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
83% of Bloom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 377
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 6
- South: 4
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 185
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,900
Housing units in Bloom township with a mortgage: 37 (4 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63
- Construction (26%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Plant and system operators (4%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloom township:
- German (32.3%)
- United States or American (24.9%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- Scottish (5.8%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Welsh (3.5%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 135 (82%)
- Carpooled: 19 (12%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 8 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Coal or coke (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
98.1% of residents of Bloom township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 392- In family households: 343 (99 male householders, 19 female householders)
92 spouses, 107 children (98 natural, 4 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 7 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 49 (20 male householders (14 living alone)), 22 female householders (19 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 33 1-person, 9 2-persons,
73 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (2 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 3.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |