South Fayette township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (53% naturalized citizens)
| South Fayette township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of South Fayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% 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: 10067
- Northeast: 364
- Midwest: 711
- South: 519
- West: 168
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in South Fayette township, Pennsylvania:
- 519 people in nursing homes
- 439 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 44 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 8 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,871
- One, attached: 1,106
- Two: 112
- 3 or 4: 121
- 5 to 9: 152
- 10 to 19: 252
- 20 to 49: 128
- 50 or more: 175
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in South Fayette township with a mortgage: 2,297 (232 second mortgage, 424 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 998
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Air transportation (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Fayette township:
- Italian (20.2%)
- German (18.8%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- Polish (10.2%)
- English (5.9%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
- Slovak (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (19%)
- Germany (19%)
- Brazil (10%)
- South Africa (10%)
- Italy (5%)
- Hungary (4%)
- Romania (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,029 (87%)
- Carpooled: 388 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 117 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 36 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (1%)
- Other means: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 140 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in South Fayette township, Pennsylvania:
- 519 people in nursing homes
- 439 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 44 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 8 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
93.5% of residents of South Fayette township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,254- In family households: 9,410 (2,485 male householders, 636 female householders)
2,615 spouses, 3,297 children (3,064 natural, 74 adopted, 159 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 88 parents, 77 other relatives, 105 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,844 (663 male householders (547 living alone)), 930 female householders (852 living alone)), 251 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,017 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,377 2-persons, 728 3-persons, 708 4-persons, 210 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 50 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,399 1-person, 162 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 18 5-persons,
2,187 married couples with children.
383 single-parent households (97 men, 286 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 216
| Here: | 17.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 76
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 194
| Here: | 39.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |