East Union township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (40% naturalized citizens)
East Union township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of East Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1315
- Northeast: 63
- Midwest: 12
- South: 22
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $16,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 445
- One, attached: 201
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 21
- Mobile homes: 54
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in East Union township with a mortgage: 186 (14 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 258
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Construction (17%)
- Food (17%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Food (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Registered nurses (17%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Union township:
- Polish (16.1%)
- German (12.8%)
- Italian (11.0%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Slovak (8.2%)
- Dutch (7.9%)
- Lithuanian (5.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (40%)
- Canada (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 544 (85%)
- Carpooled: 61 (10%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
97.4% of residents of East Union township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,419- In family households: 1,175 (317 male householders, 84 female householders)
301 spouses, 382 children (362 natural, 17 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 14 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 244 (107 male householders (96 living alone)), 117 female householders (106 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 204 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 202 1-person, 22 2-persons,
197 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (20 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 13.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 4.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 20.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |