Lehigh township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Lehigh township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Lehigh township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% 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: 905
- Northeast: 555
- Midwest: 43
- South: 51
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,396
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 786
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 240
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,700
Housing units in Lehigh township with a mortgage: 241 (15 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185
- Construction (14%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lehigh township:
- German (26.9%)
- Irish (17.1%)
- Italian (11.9%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- English (3.6%)
- Welsh (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (20%)
- Italy (16%)
- Russia (10%)
- Dominican Republic (10%)
- Jamaica (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- France (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 490 (74%)
- Carpooled: 122 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 11 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
93.5% of residents of Lehigh township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,639- In family households: 1,396 (332 male householders, 114 female householders)
372 spouses, 505 children (492 natural, 2 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 14 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 243 (104 male householders (76 living alone)), 85 female householders (69 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 184 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 39 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
323 married couples with children.
91 single-parent households (31 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |