South Middleton township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (52% naturalized citizens)
| South Middleton township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of South Middleton 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, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9941
- Northeast: 802
- Midwest: 531
- South: 992
- West: 287
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $221,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
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 South Middleton township, Pennsylvania:
- 122 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,721
- One, attached: 672
- Two: 92
- 3 or 4: 60
- 5 to 9: 183
- 10 to 19: 32
- Mobile homes: 542
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800
Housing units in South Middleton township with a mortgage: 2,308 (210 second mortgage, 369 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,197
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Middleton township:
- German (37.7%)
- United States or American (12.9%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Polish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Asia (25%)
- Korea (13%)
- Poland (8%)
- Guatemala (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Indonesia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,341 (86%)
- Carpooled: 568 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 40 (1%)
- Walked: 71 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 223 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in South Middleton township, Pennsylvania:
- 122 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.8% of residents of South Middleton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (21% speak English very well, 54% speak English well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,755- In family households: 11,274 (3,313 male householders, 527 female householders)
3,381 spouses, 3,625 children (3,209 natural, 158 adopted, 258 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 75 parents, 60 other relatives, 193 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,481 (530 male householders (424 living alone)), 707 female householders (632 living alone)), 244 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 185 (170 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,890 2-persons, 781 3-persons, 807 4-persons, 269 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 64 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,056 1-person, 142 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
2,405 married couples with children.
466 single-parent households (110 men, 356 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 161
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 100
| Here: | 30.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |