Walker township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 29.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 2,598 (1% urban, 99% rural)
| Males: 1,312 |  (50.5%) |
| Females: 1,286 |  (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,598 (2,287 owner occupied, 311 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Walker township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.6%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 35.8
Median age of females: 36.6
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Average household size: 2.82
| Walker township: | 2.8 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.18
| Walker township: | $44,717 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $450 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $137,780 (it was $86,900 in 2000)
| : | $137,780 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 90 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 9.6% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Mexico.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Walker township include: Tuscarora Church (A), Cedar Grove Church (B), Free Spring Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Adams Cemetery (1), Bookwalter Cemetery (2), Union Cemetery (3), Diven Cemetery (4), Locust Run Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Doe Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Walker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% 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: 2390
- Northeast: 77
- Midwest: 40
- South: 76
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
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: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 847
- One, attached: 12
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 125
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,000
Housing units in Walker township with a mortgage: 268 (34 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 260
- Wood products (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walker township:
- German (42.6%)
- United States or American (26.9%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Swiss (5.4%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- English (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 731 (62%)
- Carpooled: 313 (26%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 55 (5%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 74 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (72%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
85.2% of residents of Walker township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
13.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,598- In family households: 2,377 (664 male householders, 72 female householders)
669 spouses, 896 children (842 natural, 4 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 221 (78 male householders (62 living alone)), 104 female householders (93 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 314 2-persons, 151 3-persons, 168 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 155 1-person, 15 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
604 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (30 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 91
| Here: | 29.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |