Moore township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Moore township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Moore township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6965
- Northeast: 1241
- Midwest: 90
- South: 127
- West: 73
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,612
- One, attached: 38
- Two: 54
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 723
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,400
Housing units in Moore township with a mortgage: 1,466 (167 second mortgage, 379 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 569
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Moore township:
- German (33.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (11.4%)
- Italian (10.9%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- English (5.1%)
- Polish (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- Italy (11%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Korea (9%)
- Romania (7%)
- Austria (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,797 (86%)
- Carpooled: 397 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 206 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (3%)
17 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.4% of residents of Moore township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,658- In family households: 7,725 (2,177 male householders, 396 female householders)
2,293 spouses, 2,485 children (2,267 natural, 46 adopted, 172 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 74 parents, 93 other relatives, 123 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 933 (398 male householders (325 living alone)), 344 female householders (278 living alone)), 191 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,123 2-persons, 623 3-persons, 531 4-persons, 216 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 603 1-person, 115 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,543 married couples with children.
227 single-parent households (80 men, 147 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 75
| Here: | 26.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |