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Kennedy township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (93% naturalized citizens)

Kennedy township:

2.0%
Whole state:

4.1%

75% of Kennedy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 85% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 6963
  • Northeast: 129
  • Midwest: 76
  • South: 105
  • West: 37

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,300


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in Kennedy township, Pennsylvania:

  • 200 people in nursing homes
  • 27 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
  • 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 6 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Kennedy township, PA map Kennedy township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500


Housing units in Kennedy township with a mortgage: 1,392 (168 second mortgage, 228 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,128

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 68
  • 1995 to 1998: 109
  • 1990 to 1994: 180
  • 1980 to 1989: 202
  • 1970 to 1979: 514
  • 1960 to 1969: 605
  • 1950 to 1959: 635
  • 1940 to 1949: 395
  • 1939 or earlier: 272

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kennedy township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 13
  • 3 rooms: 13
  • 4 rooms: 142
  • 5 rooms: 574
  • 6 rooms: 845
  • 7 rooms: 528
  • 8 rooms: 321
  • 9 or more rooms: 205

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kennedy township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 7
  • 3 rooms: 32
  • 4 rooms: 113
  • 5 rooms: 56
  • 6 rooms: 20
  • 7 rooms: 35
  • 8 rooms: 7
  • 9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kennedy township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 30
  • 2 bedrooms: 468
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,683
  • 4 bedrooms: 424
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 36

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kennedy township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 65
  • 2 bedrooms: 117
  • 3 bedrooms: 94
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Kennedy township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 170
  • 1 vehicle: 804
  • 2 vehicles: 1,325
  • 3 vehicles: 260
  • 4 vehicles: 68
  • 5 or more vehicles: 14

Cars and other vehicles available in Kennedy township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 41
  • 1 vehicle: 143
  • 2 vehicles: 58
  • 3 vehicles: 27
  • 4 vehicles: 7
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Air transportation (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (18%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Customer service representatives (3%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Kennedy township:

  • Italian (29.4%)
  • German (17.9%)
  • Polish (10.5%)
  • Irish (9.2%)
  • Slovak (4.4%)
  • English (4.0%)
  • Ukrainian (4.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Italy (39%)
  • Greece (16%)
  • Canada (12%)
  • Germany (11%)
  • India (8%)
  • Venezuela (8%)
  • United Kingdom (5%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (93%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)

People in group quarters in Kennedy township, Pennsylvania:

  • 200 people in nursing homes
  • 27 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
  • 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 6 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere

94.9% of residents of Kennedy township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 7,254

Size of family households: 1,064 2-persons, 478 3-persons, 428 4-persons, 168 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 669 1-person, 46 2-persons, 6 3-persons,

1,277 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (48 men, 116 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
Here:

12.1%
Pennsylvania:

16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
Here:

5.4%
Pennsylvania:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 82
Here:

36.6%
Pennsylvania:

37.3%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Kennedy township:

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