Hegins township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Hegins township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Hegins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3293
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 42
- South: 52
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
5 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,304
- One, attached: 67
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Hegins township with a mortgage: 438 (50 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 591
- Construction (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hegins township:
- German (61.2%)
- United States or American (14.2%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.0%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- English (3.0%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (38%)
- Germany (28%)
- Italy (17%)
- Japan (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,202 (71%)
- Carpooled: 304 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (2%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 68 (4%)
- Worked at home: 75 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Coal or coke (19%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
5 people in nursing homes
97.2% of residents of Hegins township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,514- In family households: 3,065 (896 male householders, 146 female householders)
882 spouses, 1,030 children (942 natural, 30 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 7 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 449 (142 male householders (130 living alone)), 257 female householders (244 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 513 2-persons, 253 3-persons, 191 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 374 1-person, 20 2-persons, 5 6-persons,
564 married couples with children.
114 single-parent households (52 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 9.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |