North Whitehall township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (41% naturalized citizens)
| North Whitehall township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of North Whitehall township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11922
- Northeast: 1523
- Midwest: 341
- South: 354
- West: 260
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
People in group quarters in North Whitehall township, Pennsylvania:
- 268 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 39 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,843
- One, attached: 550
- Two: 61
- 3 or 4: 214
- 5 to 9: 79
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 21
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 646
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,700
Housing units in North Whitehall township with a mortgage: 2,750 (264 second mortgage, 557 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 910
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Whitehall township:
- German (34.3%)
- Italian (9.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (9.6%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- English (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (30%)
- India (24%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Lebanon (8%)
- Italy (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,328 (86%)
- Carpooled: 559 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Railroad: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 96 (1%)
- Other means: 33 (0%)
- Worked at home: 348 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in North Whitehall township, Pennsylvania:
- 268 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 39 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.8% of residents of North Whitehall township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,406- In family households: 13,074 (3,514 male householders, 633 female householders)
3,624 spouses, 4,852 children (4,527 natural, 157 adopted, 168 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 130 other relatives, 174 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,332 (480 male householders (346 living alone)), 620 female householders (551 living alone)), 232 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 325 (271 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,626 2-persons, 943 3-persons, 1,077 4-persons, 357 5-persons, 126 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 897 1-person, 185 2-persons, 18 3-persons,
3,356 married couples with children.
466 single-parent households (157 men, 309 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 206
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 207
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 118
| Here: | 25.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |