Lowhill township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Lowhill township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Lowhill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1448
- Northeast: 148
- Midwest: 55
- South: 95
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $241,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 657
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 29
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Lowhill township with a mortgage: 355 (14 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 138
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lowhill township:
- German (37.0%)
- United States or American (9.7%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.8%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- English (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (27%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Germany (12%)
- Russia (10%)
- Italy (5%)
- Hungary (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 842 (86%)
- Carpooled: 71 (7%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
92.5% of residents of Lowhill township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,869- In family households: 1,736 (480 male householders, 80 female householders)
518 spouses, 600 children (554 natural, 13 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 12 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 133 (61 male householders (44 living alone)), 47 female householders (37 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 144 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 27 2-persons,
413 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (15 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 21.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |