West Buffalo township, Union County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (47% naturalized citizens)
West Buffalo township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of West Buffalo 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, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2499
- Northeast: 106
- Midwest: 70
- South: 63
- West: 24
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 785
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 299
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in West Buffalo township with a mortgage: 273 (40 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 198
- Construction (15%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Buffalo township:
- German (43.6%)
- United States or American (29.3%)
- English (4.5%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- Irish (2.2%)
- Swiss (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Caribbean (33%)
- Canada (33%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Korea (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,021 (78%)
- Carpooled: 151 (11%)
- Bicycle: 28 (2%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
89.2% of residents of West Buffalo township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
10.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,799- In family households: 2,519 (659 male householders, 97 female householders)
670 spouses, 977 children (890 natural, 22 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 11 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 280 (103 male householders (85 living alone)), 129 female householders (119 living alone)), 48 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 302 2-persons, 165 3-persons, 164 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 204 1-person, 15 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
648 married couples with children.
152 single-parent households (61 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 108
Here: | 22.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
Here: | 16.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |