Lower Macungie township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Macungie township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Lower Macungie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12532
- Northeast: 2908
- Midwest: 1046
- South: 1053
- West: 285
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
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 Lower Macungie township, Pennsylvania:
- 234 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,891
- One, attached: 1,324
- Two: 56
- 3 or 4: 98
- 5 to 9: 162
- 10 to 19: 413
- 20 to 49: 15
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 429
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Lower Macungie township with a mortgage: 4,014 (319 second mortgage, 797 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,342
- Chemicals (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Engineers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (3%)
- Customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Macungie township:
- German (29.4%)
- Italian (10.1%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- English (6.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.2%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (16%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (14%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- Germany (7%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,857 (90%)
- Carpooled: 491 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 137 (1%)
- Other means: 29 (0%)
- Worked at home: 290 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (58%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Lower Macungie township, Pennsylvania:
- 234 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
90.4% of residents of Lower Macungie township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,972- In family households: 17,138 (4,921 male householders, 726 female householders)
5,211 spouses, 5,815 children (5,461 natural, 122 adopted, 232 stepchildren), 79 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 90 parents, 107 other relatives, 120 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,834 (646 male householders (460 living alone)), 860 female householders (804 living alone)), 328 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 248 (227 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,487 2-persons, 1,266 3-persons, 1,211 4-persons, 502 5-persons, 145 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,264 1-person, 197 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
4,126 married couples with children.
531 single-parent households (127 men, 404 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 300
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 134
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 117
| Here: | 23.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |