Allegheny township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Allegheny township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Allegheny 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, 83% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7250
- Northeast: 174
- Midwest: 139
- South: 204
- West: 138
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $116,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
51 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,732
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 60
- 50 or more: 15
- Mobile homes: 343
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Allegheny township with a mortgage: 1,335 (93 second mortgage, 243 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 884
- Metal and metal products (21%)
- Construction (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allegheny township:
- German (26.5%)
- Italian (18.7%)
- Polish (10.0%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Slovak (5.6%)
- English (5.1%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Africa (23%)
- Greece (19%)
- India (19%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (14%)
- Italy (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,140 (87%)
- Carpooled: 229 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 67 (2%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 133 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
51 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.7% of residents of Allegheny township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (6% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 61% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,946- In family households: 7,186 (2,085 male householders, 312 female householders)
2,171 spouses, 2,349 children (2,211 natural, 53 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 109 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 34 other relatives, 73 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 760 (341 male householders (283 living alone)), 327 female householders (306 living alone)), 92 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 58 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,129 2-persons, 546 3-persons, 495 4-persons, 180 5-persons, 47 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 589 1-person, 64 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
1,506 married couples with children.
294 single-parent households (63 men, 231 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 129
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 64
| Here: | 38.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |