Marshall township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Marshall township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of Marshall township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3959
- Northeast: 637
- Midwest: 718
- South: 297
- West: 144
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
14 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,929
- One, attached: 66
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 7
- 10 to 19: 5
- 50 or more: 5
Housing units in Marshall township with a mortgage: 1,286 (113 second mortgage, 208 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 345
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Physicians and surgeons (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marshall township:
- German (23.4%)
- Irish (15.1%)
- Italian (14.3%)
- English (8.4%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (27%)
- Iran (24%)
- France (12%)
- India (11%)
- Canada (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- South Africa (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,292 (83%)
- Carpooled: 179 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (1%)
- Walked: 58 (2%)
- Worked at home: 216 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (7%)
14 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
96.2% of residents of Marshall township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,982- In family households: 5,683 (1,433 male householders, 256 female householders)
1,549 spouses, 2,310 children (2,191 natural, 67 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 51 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 299 (112 male householders (103 living alone)), 147 female householders (129 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 556 2-persons, 339 3-persons, 503 4-persons, 206 5-persons, 77 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 232 1-person, 19 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,863 married couples with children.
113 single-parent households (28 men, 85 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 83
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 87
| Here: | 40.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |