East Allen township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (95% naturalized citizens)
| East Allen township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of East Allen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3844
- Northeast: 647
- Midwest: 109
- South: 197
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
25 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,468
- One, attached: 61
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 360
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,400
Housing units in East Allen township with a mortgage: 921 (87 second mortgage, 230 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 382
- Construction (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Allen township:
- German (33.6%)
- Italian (7.5%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.4%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- English (5.2%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (17%)
- Germany (16%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- Lebanon (8%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Romania (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,238 (89%)
- Carpooled: 166 (7%)
- Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (1%)
- Worked at home: 63 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (1%)
25 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
92.3% of residents of East Allen township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,870- In family households: 4,369 (1,285 male householders, 183 female householders)
1,292 spouses, 1,458 children (1,378 natural, 41 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 46 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 501 (195 male householders (136 living alone)), 201 female householders (172 living alone)), 105 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 33 (26 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 698 2-persons, 303 3-persons, 316 4-persons, 104 5-persons, 47 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 308 1-person, 76 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
895 married couples with children.
106 single-parent households (34 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 123
| Here: | 22.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 73
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 70
| Here: | 42.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |