Lower Milford township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Milford township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Lower Milford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3009
- Northeast: 278
- Midwest: 70
- South: 95
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $132,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,261
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 15
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 7
Housing units in Lower Milford township with a mortgage: 627 (43 second mortgage, 149 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 282
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Milford township:
- German (35.4%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- Italian (7.4%)
- English (5.2%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (22%)
- Germany (20%)
- India (17%)
- Lebanon (12%)
- Other Western Europe (7%)
- Poland (6%)
- Jamaica (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,657 (83%)
- Carpooled: 126 (6%)
- Walked: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 189 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.3% of residents of Lower Milford township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,617- In family households: 3,273 (881 male householders, 161 female householders)
939 spouses, 1,160 children (1,074 natural, 45 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 34 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 344 (143 male householders (101 living alone)), 108 female householders (70 living alone)), 93 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 415 2-persons, 256 3-persons, 225 4-persons, 94 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 171 1-person, 58 2-persons, 22 3-persons,
763 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (28 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 111
| Here: | 25.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 16.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 51.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |