Salem township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (87% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6166
- Northeast: 119
- Midwest: 227
- South: 290
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
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 Salem township, Pennsylvania:
- 50 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,888
- One, attached: 238
- Two: 113
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 3
- 20 to 49: 19
- Mobile homes: 825
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,700
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 805 (94 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 713
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (24.2%)
- Italian (19.8%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- English (7.3%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Slovak (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hungary (30%)
- Canada (30%)
- Germany (27%)
- Ireland (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,620 (87%)
- Carpooled: 197 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 119 (4%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 33 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Salem township, Pennsylvania:
- 50 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,873- In family households: 5,820 (1,638 male householders, 347 female householders)
1,609 spouses, 1,943 children (1,795 natural, 20 adopted, 128 stepchildren), 100 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 51 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,053 (393 male householders (312 living alone)), 550 female householders (541 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 66 (54 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 960 2-persons, 438 3-persons, 372 4-persons, 158 5-persons, 57 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 853 1-person, 85 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
1,180 married couples with children.
250 single-parent households (96 men, 154 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
| Here: | 32.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |