Limestone township, Union County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
Limestone township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Limestone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1391
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 43
- South: 40
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 589
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Limestone township with a mortgage: 220 (20 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 103
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Limestone township:
- German (53.3%)
- United States or American (17.7%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- English (4.6%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- Swiss (3.3%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (52%)
- Cambodia (17%)
- Germany (9%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (9%)
- Russia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 576 (74%)
- Carpooled: 109 (14%)
- Bicycle: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 62 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (11%)
- Coal or coke (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
84.7% of residents of Limestone township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
14.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,572- In family households: 1,480 (422 male householders, 31 female householders)
415 spouses, 561 children (534 natural, 10 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 14 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 92 (37 male householders (35 living alone)), 43 female householders (35 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 190 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 10 2-persons,
415 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (16 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
Here: | 25.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 5.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 14.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |