Lehigh township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Lehigh township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Lehigh township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 462
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 0
- South: 13
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
13 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 198
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,500
Housing units in Lehigh township with a mortgage: 69 (4 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Plant and system operators (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lehigh township:
- German (30.1%)
- Polish (18.3%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Italian (7.2%)
- Slovak (5.7%)
- English (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 202 (85%)
- Carpooled: 20 (8%)
- Walked: 8 (3%)
- Worked at home: 7 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (1%)
13 people in religious group quarters
97.4% of residents of Lehigh township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 506- In family households: 466 (134 male householders, 16 female householders)
142 spouses, 159 children (151 natural, 3 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (22 male householders (22 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person,
94 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (10 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 6.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 20.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 40.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |