Moon township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Moon township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Moon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16317
- Northeast: 1144
- Midwest: 1558
- South: 1483
- West: 624
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Moon township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,039 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 263 people in nursing homes
- 235 people in religious group quarters
- 82 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 63 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in military ships
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,887
- One, attached: 664
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 413
- 5 to 9: 600
- 10 to 19: 902
- 20 to 49: 569
- 50 or more: 29
- Mobile homes: 76
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Moon township with a mortgage: 4,026 (376 second mortgage, 588 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,644
- Air transportation (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Air transportation (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Moon township:
- German (21.5%)
- Italian (19.7%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- English (6.5%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Slovak (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (16%)
- Italy (14%)
- Germany (7%)
- Canada (5%)
- France (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Netherlands (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,656 (85%)
- Carpooled: 725 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 284 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 16 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 241 (2%)
- Other means: 129 (1%)
- Worked at home: 352 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Moon township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,039 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 263 people in nursing homes
- 235 people in religious group quarters
- 82 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 63 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in military ships
92.8% of residents of Moon township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,571- In family households: 17,507 (4,785 male householders, 1,044 female householders)
5,082 spouses, 6,065 children (5,813 natural, 126 adopted, 126 stepchildren), 152 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 103 parents, 81 other relatives, 139 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,064 (1,332 male householders (1,117 living alone)), 1,291 female householders (1,135 living alone)), 441 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,719 (477 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,526 2-persons, 1,408 3-persons, 1,301 4-persons, 458 5-persons, 104 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,252 1-person, 343 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 12 4-persons,
4,105 married couples with children.
609 single-parent households (125 men, 484 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 240
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,129
| Here: | 62.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |