Hanover township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Hanover township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
58% of Hanover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1281
- Northeast: 263
- Midwest: 74
- South: 113
- West: 25
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
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: 232
- One, attached: 167
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 147
- 10 to 19: 99
- 20 to 49: 23
- 50 or more: 32
- Mobile homes: 207
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,300
Housing units in Hanover township with a mortgage: 171 (14 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 114
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hanover township:
- German (30.1%)
- Italian (10.4%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.0%)
- Slovak (4.4%)
- Hungarian (3.5%)
- English (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (32%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Ecuador (7%)
- Turkey (7%)
- Austria (4%)
- Pakistan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 860 (85%)
- Carpooled: 112 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
90.9% of residents of Hanover township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,913- In family households: 1,419 (386 male householders, 115 female householders)
357 spouses, 437 children (433 natural, 4 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 13 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 494 (195 male householders (151 living alone)), 198 female householders (153 living alone)), 101 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 87 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 304 1-person, 76 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
207 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (21 men, 75 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |