Liberty township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Liberty township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Liberty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1359
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 23
- South: 53
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 542
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 128
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 184 (28 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Construction (18%)
- Leather and allied products (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Leather and allied products (21%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- German (36.4%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- English (12.1%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Polish (2.9%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 450 (69%)
- Carpooled: 142 (22%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (84%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
99.1% of residents of Liberty township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,459- In family households: 1,297 (348 male householders, 101 female householders)
365 spouses, 421 children (396 natural, 7 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 10 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 162 (57 male householders (45 living alone)), 88 female householders (82 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 18 2-persons,
235 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (14 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 1.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 15.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |