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East Union township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (40% naturalized citizens)

East Union township:

0.4%
Whole state:

4.1%

75% of East Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% 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: 1315
  • Northeast: 63
  • Midwest: 12
  • South: 22
  • West: 0

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $16,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
East Union township, PA map East Union township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700


Housing units in East Union township with a mortgage: 186 (14 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 258

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 8
  • 1995 to 1998: 34
  • 1990 to 1994: 50
  • 1980 to 1989: 48
  • 1970 to 1979: 69
  • 1960 to 1969: 51
  • 1950 to 1959: 52
  • 1940 to 1949: 61
  • 1939 or earlier: 358

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in East Union township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 10
  • 4 rooms: 36
  • 5 rooms: 131
  • 6 rooms: 154
  • 7 rooms: 76
  • 8 rooms: 39
  • 9 or more rooms: 80

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in East Union township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 8
  • 4 rooms: 22
  • 5 rooms: 17
  • 6 rooms: 28
  • 7 rooms: 17
  • 8 rooms: 4
  • 9 or more rooms: 8

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in East Union township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 12
  • 2 bedrooms: 134
  • 3 bedrooms: 257
  • 4 bedrooms: 89
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 34

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in East Union township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 8
  • 2 bedrooms: 49
  • 3 bedrooms: 34
  • 4 bedrooms: 10
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 3

Cars and other vehicles available in East Union township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 30
  • 1 vehicle: 170
  • 2 vehicles: 224
  • 3 vehicles: 76
  • 4 vehicles: 24
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in East Union township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 11
  • 1 vehicle: 47
  • 2 vehicles: 42
  • 3 vehicles: 4
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
  • Construction (17%)
  • Food (17%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (32%)
  • Educational services (26%)
  • Food (12%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Printing and related support activities (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (15%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Construction laborers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Registered nurses (17%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (10%)
  • Other financial specialists (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Secondary school teachers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in East Union township:

  • Polish (16.1%)
  • German (12.8%)
  • Italian (11.0%)
  • Irish (9.7%)
  • Slovak (8.2%)
  • Dutch (7.9%)
  • Lithuanian (5.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (40%)
  • Canada (40%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
  • Electricity (16%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
  • Coal or coke (9%)
  • Utility gas (2%)
  • Wood (2%)

97.4% of residents of East Union township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,419

Size of family households: 204 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 202 1-person, 22 2-persons,

197 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (20 men, 30 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here:

13.8%
Pennsylvania:

16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here:

4.0%
Pennsylvania:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here:

20.8%
Pennsylvania:

37.3%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in East Union township:

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