Elk Lick township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Elk Lick township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of Elk Lick township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1841
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 42
- South: 374
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 758
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 100
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,800
Housing units in Elk Lick township with a mortgage: 173 (13 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 263
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (17%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk Lick township:
- German (50.5%)
- United States or American (17.7%)
- Swiss (8.2%)
- English (4.7%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (33%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Germany (25%)
- Honduras (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 698 (67%)
- Carpooled: 125 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 38 (4%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 169 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Coal or coke (27%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
81.9% of residents of Elk Lick township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
16.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,294- In family households: 2,114 (535 male householders, 105 female householders)
547 spouses, 831 children (787 natural, 22 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 13 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 180 (68 male householders (57 living alone)), 96 female householders (94 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 292 2-persons, 132 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
497 married couples with children.
87 single-parent households (33 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
Here: | 29.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 9.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 8.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |