Elizabeth township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Elizabeth township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Elizabeth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12391
- Northeast: 338
- Midwest: 288
- South: 511
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Elizabeth township, Pennsylvania:
- 79 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 48 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 31 people in other group homes
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,969
- One, attached: 173
- Two: 68
- 3 or 4: 39
- 5 to 9: 137
- 10 to 19: 94
- 20 to 49: 72
- 50 or more: 54
- Mobile homes: 72
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,000
Housing units in Elizabeth township with a mortgage: 2,512 (211 second mortgage, 538 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,941
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elizabeth township:
- German (19.2%)
- Italian (15.1%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (8.4%)
- Polish (8.1%)
- Slovak (6.9%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (21%)
- Other Western Europe (15%)
- Italy (14%)
- Vietnam (14%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Korea (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,583 (88%)
- Carpooled: 526 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 111 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Elizabeth township, Pennsylvania:
- 79 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 48 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 31 people in other group homes
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in nursing homes
96.6% of residents of Elizabeth township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,655- In family households: 12,159 (3,487 male householders, 671 female householders)
3,547 spouses, 4,024 children (3,732 natural, 80 adopted, 212 stepchildren), 167 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 74 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,496 (496 male householders (406 living alone)), 830 female householders (803 living alone)), 170 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 184 (6 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,939 2-persons, 1,031 3-persons, 801 4-persons, 295 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,209 1-person, 90 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
2,255 married couples with children.
483 single-parent households (129 men, 354 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 80
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 65
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |