Gregg township, Union County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (3% naturalized citizens)
Gregg township: | 15.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
39% of Gregg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 3% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2355
- Northeast: 636
- Midwest: 3
- South: 807
- West: 153
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
3,679 people in federal prisons and detention centers
138 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 281
- One, attached: 5
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Gregg township with a mortgage: 121 (16 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Construction (19%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gregg township:
- German (29.8%)
- United States or American (23.9%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- Jamaican (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (22%)
- Mexico (18%)
- Dominican Republic (15%)
- Nigeria (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Other South America (4%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 332 (79%)
- Carpooled: 62 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 8 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
3,679 people in federal prisons and detention centers
138 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
70.7% of residents of Gregg township speak English at home.
18.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
8.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 869- In family households: 788 (243 male householders, 21 female householders)
224 spouses, 253 children (214 natural, 7 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (33 male householders (29 living alone)), 41 female householders (39 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3,818 (3,652 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 52 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 6 2-persons,
169 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (18 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 7.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here: | 41.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |