Lehigh township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Lehigh township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Lehigh township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7977
- Northeast: 1010
- Midwest: 159
- South: 198
- West: 101
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
42 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
28 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,934
- One, attached: 80
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 24
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 710
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,200
Housing units in Lehigh township with a mortgage: 1,696 (198 second mortgage, 341 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 785
- Construction (13%)
- Health care (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lehigh township:
- German (33.6%)
- United States or American (12.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (9.5%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Syria (16%)
- Germany (15%)
- Italy (11%)
- Russia (7%)
- Ukraine (7%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Poland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,412 (89%)
- Carpooled: 371 (7%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 159 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
42 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
28 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
93.8% of residents of Lehigh township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,657- In family households: 8,520 (2,349 male householders, 475 female householders)
2,442 spouses, 2,794 children (2,581 natural, 76 adopted, 137 stepchildren), 148 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 97 other relatives, 129 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,137 (469 male householders (324 living alone)), 400 female householders (335 living alone)), 268 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 71 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,198 2-persons, 656 3-persons, 677 4-persons, 189 5-persons, 98 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 659 1-person, 169 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 9 5-persons,
1,746 married couples with children.
289 single-parent households (96 men, 193 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 91
| Here: | 32.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |