Ross township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Ross township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% 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: 27160
- Northeast: 883
- Midwest: 1645
- South: 1063
- West: 486
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $102,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
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 Ross township, Pennsylvania:
- 653 people in nursing homes
- 264 people in religious group quarters
- 114 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 37 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,922
- One, attached: 1,115
- Two: 353
- 3 or 4: 288
- 5 to 9: 411
- 10 to 19: 642
- 20 to 49: 664
- 50 or more: 1,044
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Ross township with a mortgage: 6,262 (635 second mortgage, 1,238 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,570
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (2%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ross township:
- German (33.0%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- Italian (13.1%)
- Polish (6.8%)
- English (4.6%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Slovak (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Italy (10%)
- India (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- Canada (6%)
- Ukraine (5%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13,188 (80%)
- Carpooled: 1,667 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 746 (5%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 269 (2%)
- Other means: 103 (1%)
- Worked at home: 450 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Ross township, Pennsylvania:
- 653 people in nursing homes
- 264 people in religious group quarters
- 114 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 37 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
93.6% of residents of Ross township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (21% speak English very well, 66% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 31,484- In family households: 25,598 (7,333 male householders, 1,542 female householders)
7,548 spouses, 8,306 children (7,803 natural, 225 adopted, 278 stepchildren), 149 grandchildren, 197 brothers or sisters, 196 parents, 150 other relatives, 177 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,886 (1,984 male householders (1,563 living alone)), 3,116 female householders (2,851 living alone)), 786 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,097 (661 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,389 2-persons, 1,959 3-persons, 1,621 4-persons, 696 5-persons, 170 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,414 1-person, 613 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 24 4-persons,
5,192 married couples with children.
794 single-parent households (172 men, 622 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 632
| Here: | 21.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 72
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 374
| Here: | 28.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |