Stowe township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Stowe township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Stowe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6163
- Northeast: 63
- Midwest: 128
- South: 158
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Stowe township, Pennsylvania:
- 24 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,077
- One, attached: 420
- Two: 345
- 3 or 4: 391
- 5 to 9: 227
- 10 to 19: 32
- 20 to 49: 27
- 50 or more: 25
- Mobile homes: 6
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Stowe township with a mortgage: 935 (92 second mortgage, 154 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 920
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stowe township:
- Italian (27.7%)
- German (17.2%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Polish (7.2%)
- Slovak (4.9%)
- Ukrainian (4.6%)
- English (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (48%)
- Poland (20%)
- Ukraine (13%)
- Sweden (10%)
- Japan (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,892 (69%)
- Carpooled: 400 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 274 (10%)
- Walked: 143 (5%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 22 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (95%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Stowe township, Pennsylvania:
- 24 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.0% of residents of Stowe township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,652- In family households: 5,227 (1,223 male householders, 592 female householders)
1,219 spouses, 1,718 children (1,604 natural, 19 adopted, 95 stepchildren), 78 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 71 parents, 107 other relatives, 155 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,425 (548 male householders (496 living alone)), 709 female householders (615 living alone)), 168 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54 (36 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 869 2-persons, 472 3-persons, 296 4-persons, 126 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,111 1-person, 129 2-persons, 17 3-persons,
624 married couples with children.
593 single-parent households (112 men, 481 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 69
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 76
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |