North Manheim township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (30% naturalized citizens)
North Manheim township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of North Manheim township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2931
- Northeast: 117
- Midwest: 66
- South: 118
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
128 people in nursing homes
28 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,029
- One, attached: 52
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 19
- Mobile homes: 180
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in North Manheim township with a mortgage: 515 (40 second mortgage, 127 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 331
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Manheim township:
- German (30.8%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- Italian (8.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.2%)
- Dutch (5.7%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Polish (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (35%)
- Korea (35%)
- Lebanon (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,256 (88%)
- Carpooled: 103 (7%)
- Walked: 50 (4%)
- Worked at home: 16 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Coal or coke (13%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
128 people in nursing homes
28 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
96.0% of residents of North Manheim township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,138- In family households: 2,679 (748 male householders, 115 female householders)
690 spouses, 902 children (824 natural, 19 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 63 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 51 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 459 (201 male householders (139 living alone)), 170 female householders (170 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 154 (130 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 367 2-persons, 216 3-persons, 202 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 309 1-person, 46 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
575 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (42 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
Here: | 14.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
Here: | 22.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
Here: | 7.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |