Richland township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7547
- Northeast: 364
- Midwest: 577
- South: 382
- West: 119
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $120,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Richland township, Pennsylvania:
- 253 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,787
- One, attached: 151
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 79
- 10 to 19: 58
- 20 to 49: 84
- 50 or more: 205
- Mobile homes: 72
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 1,797 (67 second mortgage, 363 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 803
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (31.2%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- Italian (14.2%)
- English (7.0%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (23%)
- Other Northern Africa (15%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Pakistan (10%)
- Italy (9%)
- Russia (6%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,646 (85%)
- Carpooled: 324 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 44 (1%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 244 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Richland township, Pennsylvania:
- 253 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other group homes
95.7% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,937- In family households: 8,009 (2,141 male householders, 369 female householders)
2,183 spouses, 3,070 children (2,910 natural, 94 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 73 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 928 (227 male householders (182 living alone)), 620 female householders (586 living alone)), 81 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 294 (238 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 979 2-persons, 543 3-persons, 587 4-persons, 291 5-persons, 85 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 768 1-person, 79 2-persons,
2,243 married couples with children.
258 single-parent households (53 men, 205 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 112
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 109
| Here: | 41.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |