Union township, Union County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (87% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1220
- Northeast: 84
- Midwest: 24
- South: 57
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 510
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 55
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 261 (17 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 120
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (51.4%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- English (5.2%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Italian (3.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.8%)
- Polish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- Other Eastern Europe (27%)
- Other Western Europe (13%)
- Korea (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 649 (90%)
- Carpooled: 53 (7%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
96.2% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,427- In family households: 1,284 (366 male householders, 60 female householders)
394 spouses, 425 children (380 natural, 8 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 12 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 143 (60 male householders (41 living alone)), 52 female householders (48 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 203 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 22 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
295 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (20 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 7.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
Here: | 37.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |