East Deer township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
| East Deer township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of East Deer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1220
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 21
- South: 69
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
53 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 473
- One, attached: 95
- Two: 64
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 21
Housing units in East Deer township with a mortgage: 227 (28 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Deer township:
- Italian (24.3%)
- German (18.1%)
- Slovak (13.4%)
- Polish (10.7%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- English (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (35%)
- Germany (30%)
- Japan (15%)
- Poland (10%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 528 (83%)
- Carpooled: 58 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (2%)
- Walked: 25 (4%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (94%)
- Electricity (6%)
53 people in nursing homes
96.6% of residents of East Deer township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,308- In family households: 1,018 (267 male householders, 88 female householders)
258 spouses, 338 children (314 natural, 2 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 7 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 290 (123 male householders (98 living alone)), 134 female householders (129 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 28 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
173 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (23 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 20.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 30.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |