Lynn township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Lynn township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Lynn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3086
- Northeast: 279
- Midwest: 61
- South: 143
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,233
- One, attached: 67
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 29
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Lynn township with a mortgage: 660 (75 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 223
- Construction (13%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lynn township:
- German (39.9%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (9.3%)
- Italian (8.9%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- English (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Austria (18%)
- Jamaica (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,465 (74%)
- Carpooled: 321 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 21 (1%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (2%)
- Worked at home: 116 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
93.4% of residents of Lynn township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,673- In family households: 3,321 (905 male householders, 151 female householders)
925 spouses, 1,222 children (1,168 natural, 13 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 21 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 352 (173 male householders (144 living alone)), 113 female householders (84 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 397 2-persons, 247 3-persons, 235 4-persons, 146 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 228 1-person, 58 2-persons,
835 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (38 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 118
| Here: | 23.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 32.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |