North Union township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (30% naturalized citizens)
| North Union township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of North Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1088
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 14
- South: 48
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 464
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 15
- Mobile homes: 59
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,000
Housing units in North Union township with a mortgage: 175 (12 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Paper (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Union township:
- German (28.8%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- Polish (10.0%)
- Italian (9.3%)
- Dutch (7.4%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- English (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (70%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 467 (83%)
- Carpooled: 38 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
98.2% of residents of North Union township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,225- In family households: 1,036 (271 male householders, 67 female householders)
303 spouses, 349 children (317 natural, 6 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 18 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 189 (70 male householders (57 living alone)), 93 female householders (80 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 137 1-person, 26 2-persons,
200 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (14 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 24.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |