Mahanoy township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Mahanoy township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
83% of Mahanoy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1063
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 5
- South: 13
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
25 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 161
- One, attached: 287
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,200
Housing units in Mahanoy township with a mortgage: 138 (12 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 219
- Construction (10%)
- Food (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Apparel (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mahanoy township:
- Irish (20.6%)
- Polish (18.3%)
- German (11.3%)
- Slovak (8.0%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- Lithuanian (6.3%)
- Dutch (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hungary (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 359 (88%)
- Carpooled: 38 (9%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 8 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Coal or coke (21%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
25 people in nursing homes
94.4% of residents of Mahanoy township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,088- In family households: 938 (222 male householders, 72 female householders)
207 spouses, 369 children (345 natural, 5 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 11 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (67 male householders (55 living alone)), 58 female householders (54 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 25 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 11 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
178 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (9 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 52.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |