Pine Grove township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (76% naturalized citizens)
| Pine Grove township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Pine Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3557
- Northeast: 152
- Midwest: 32
- South: 69
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,284
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 75
- 3 or 4: 39
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 18
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 229
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,300
Housing units in Pine Grove township with a mortgage: 549 (45 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 482
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pine Grove township:
- German (52.8%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- English (4.9%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.3%)
- Italian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (36%)
- Ukraine (21%)
- Germany (17%)
- Netherlands (14%)
- Indonesia (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,443 (84%)
- Carpooled: 185 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (2%)
- Worked at home: 45 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Coal or coke (20%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
94.9% of residents of Pine Grove township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,930- In family households: 3,471 (1,018 male householders, 176 female householders)
996 spouses, 1,127 children (1,068 natural, 12 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 27 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 459 (155 male householders (134 living alone)), 232 female householders (198 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 560 2-persons, 305 3-persons, 205 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 332 1-person, 47 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
678 married couples with children.
158 single-parent households (72 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |