Forward township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Forward township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Forward township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3457
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 32
- South: 100
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $102,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,274
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 278
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,900
Housing units in Forward township with a mortgage: 492 (53 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 445
- Construction (20%)
- Health care (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forward township:
- German (24.9%)
- Italian (16.5%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Slovak (5.6%)
- Polish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- Brazil (16%)
- Italy (12%)
- Korea (12%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Ecuador (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,398 (81%)
- Carpooled: 239 (14%)
- Walked: 34 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 57 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (4%)
9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.9% of residents of Forward township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,762- In family households: 3,320 (864 male householders, 239 female householders)
889 spouses, 1,105 children (1,051 natural, 38 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 99 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 36 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 442 (155 male householders (120 living alone)), 229 female householders (209 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 469 2-persons, 294 3-persons, 214 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 329 1-person, 55 2-persons,
604 married couples with children.
150 single-parent households (34 men, 116 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |