Dunbar township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Dunbar township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Dunbar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% 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: 6873
- Northeast: 124
- Midwest: 229
- South: 231
- West: 71
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Dunbar township, Pennsylvania:
- 55 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 34 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,272
- One, attached: 165
- Two: 70
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 602
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in Dunbar township with a mortgage: 809 (100 second mortgage, 124 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 967
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Paper (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dunbar township:
- German (21.7%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Italian (12.1%)
- English (8.9%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- Slovak (6.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (77%)
- United Kingdom (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,483 (81%)
- Carpooled: 434 (14%)
- Walked: 58 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 78 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Dunbar township, Pennsylvania:
- 55 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 34 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of Dunbar township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (11% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,454- In family households: 6,551 (1,716 male householders, 435 female householders)
1,719 spouses, 2,308 children (2,185 natural, 55 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 63 other relatives, 85 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 903 (354 male householders (293 living alone)), 396 female householders (363 living alone)), 153 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 109 (35 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 939 2-persons, 499 3-persons, 440 4-persons, 207 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 656 1-person, 69 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
1,203 married couples with children.
376 single-parent households (119 men, 257 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 58
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 52
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |