North Union township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (62% naturalized citizens)
North Union township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of North Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12588
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 387
- South: 861
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
People in group quarters in North Union township, Pennsylvania:
- 157 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 52 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,929
- One, attached: 359
- Two: 185
- 3 or 4: 122
- 5 to 9: 148
- 10 to 19: 130
- 20 to 49: 129
- 50 or more: 19
- Mobile homes: 1,213
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,500
Housing units in North Union township with a mortgage: 1,347 (95 second mortgage, 180 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,873
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Union township:
- German (16.4%)
- Italian (14.3%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- Slovak (10.9%)
- English (9.4%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Polish (7.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (32%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Italy (13%)
- Ukraine (13%)
- Laos (9%)
- Lebanon (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,482 (83%)
- Carpooled: 654 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Taxi: 11 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 125 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 89 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
People in group quarters in North Union township, Pennsylvania:
- 157 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 52 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.4% of residents of North Union township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,905- In family households: 11,865 (2,831 male householders, 1,148 female householders)
2,914 spouses, 4,120 children (3,878 natural, 72 adopted, 170 stepchildren), 230 grandchildren, 111 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 183 other relatives, 219 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,040 (684 male householders (540 living alone)), 1,130 female householders (1,091 living alone)), 226 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 235 (17 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,772 2-persons, 1,034 3-persons, 804 4-persons, 259 5-persons, 85 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,631 1-person, 154 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 4 6-persons,
1,898 married couples with children.
853 single-parent households (172 men, 681 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 118
Here: | 8.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 46
Here: | 6.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 77
Here: | 17.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |