Lewis township, Union County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Lewis township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Lewis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1244
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 27
- South: 60
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 499
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 106
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Lewis township with a mortgage: 143 (9 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Construction (16%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lewis township:
- German (54.3%)
- United States or American (25.4%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Irish (2.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.0%)
- Swiss (1.9%)
- English (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (60%)
- Korea (20%)
- Germany (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 435 (72%)
- Carpooled: 95 (16%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 47 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
85.2% of residents of Lewis township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
14.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,404- In family households: 1,247 (317 male householders, 42 female householders)
311 spouses, 514 children (482 natural, 8 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 15 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 157 (51 male householders (31 living alone)), 68 female householders (59 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 130 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 25 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
371 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (27 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76
| Here: | 35.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |