Lewis township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Lewis township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of Lewis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1692
- Northeast: 63
- Midwest: 28
- South: 52
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $166,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
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
25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 575
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 75
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Lewis township with a mortgage: 198 (23 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 160
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lewis township:
- German (49.6%)
- United States or American (11.3%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.0%)
- English (4.8%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (63%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 728 (79%)
- Carpooled: 72 (8%)
- Walked: 38 (4%)
- Other means: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 65 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
89.7% of residents of Lewis township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
9.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,833- In family households: 1,727 (506 male householders, 39 female householders)
504 spouses, 625 children (592 natural, 11 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 21 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 106 (39 male householders (25 living alone)), 52 female householders (50 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 13 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
431 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (17 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 19.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 26.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |