Lower Mahanoy township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Lower Mahanoy township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Lower Mahanoy 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, 87% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1454
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 24
- South: 20
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 579
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 67
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,200
Housing units in Lower Mahanoy township with a mortgage: 198 (10 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 169
- Construction (16%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Mahanoy township:
- German (61.9%)
- United States or American (17.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- Irish (2.3%)
- English (2.2%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 669 (81%)
- Carpooled: 106 (13%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Coal or coke (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
93.8% of residents of Lower Mahanoy township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
6.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,581- In family households: 1,414 (428 male householders, 67 female householders)
420 spouses, 427 children (388 natural, 16 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 167 (70 male householders (56 living alone)), 72 female householders (64 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 120 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
274 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (17 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
Here: | 9.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 5.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 16.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |