Walker township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Walker township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Walker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1587
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 52
- South: 62
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 657
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 82
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in Walker township with a mortgage: 316 (31 second mortgage, 59 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walker township:
- German (35.5%)
- Irish (17.0%)
- English (11.9%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (43%)
- India (14%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Australia (10%)
- Peru (10%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 689 (84%)
- Carpooled: 60 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (10%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.7% of residents of Walker township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,816- In family households: 1,643 (481 male householders, 73 female householders)
488 spouses, 509 children (460 natural, 10 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 28 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 173 (56 male householders (45 living alone)), 91 female householders (85 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 250 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 117 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 130 1-person, 16 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
347 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (12 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 11.5% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |