Salisbury township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Salisbury township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Salisbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10687
- Northeast: 1245
- Midwest: 351
- South: 441
- West: 185
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Salisbury township, Pennsylvania:
- 216 people in nursing homes
- 152 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,424
- One, attached: 282
- Two: 94
- 3 or 4: 70
- 5 to 9: 70
- 10 to 19: 147
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 86
- Mobile homes: 87
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Salisbury township with a mortgage: 2,556 (175 second mortgage, 585 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,676
- Construction (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salisbury township:
- German (29.3%)
- Italian (11.0%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Polish (5.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.3%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Hungarian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
- Syria (9%)
- India (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- Canada (6%)
- Hungary (6%)
- Portugal (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,583 (88%)
- Carpooled: 389 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 45 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
- Railroad: 22 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 59 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (0%)
- Worked at home: 201 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Salisbury township, Pennsylvania:
- 216 people in nursing homes
- 152 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in religious group quarters
92.5% of residents of Salisbury township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,066- In family households: 11,552 (3,405 male householders, 505 female householders)
3,454 spouses, 3,731 children (3,452 natural, 92 adopted, 187 stepchildren), 85 grandchildren, 58 brothers or sisters, 92 parents, 106 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,514 (560 male householders (426 living alone)), 700 female householders (641 living alone)), 254 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 432 (367 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,818 2-persons, 903 3-persons, 778 4-persons, 291 5-persons, 106 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,067 1-person, 166 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 17 4-persons,
2,465 married couples with children.
344 single-parent households (95 men, 249 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 623
| Here: | 39.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 201
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 126
| Here: | 33.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |