East Norwegian township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
East Norwegian township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of East Norwegian township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 794
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 6
- South: 29
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 269
- One, attached: 85
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in East Norwegian township with a mortgage: 126 (18 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 175
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Norwegian township:
- Irish (21.7%)
- German (11.3%)
- Polish (10.5%)
- Lithuanian (9.1%)
- Slovak (8.5%)
- Italian (5.9%)
- Dutch (5.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Austria (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 360 (85%)
- Carpooled: 44 (10%)
- Walked: 11 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%)
- Coal or coke (16%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.8% of residents of East Norwegian township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 860- In family households: 739 (228 male householders, 31 female householders)
206 spouses, 216 children (199 natural, 2 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 16 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 121 (35 male householders (35 living alone)), 74 female householders (62 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 124 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 12 2-persons,
110 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (21 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 22.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
Here: | 40.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 27.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |