Scott township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Scott township: | 8.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13784
- Northeast: 368
- Midwest: 650
- South: 620
- West: 222
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,000
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: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Scott township, Pennsylvania:
- 309 people in nursing homes
- 194 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 29 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,689
- One, attached: 652
- Two: 194
- 3 or 4: 307
- 5 to 9: 566
- 10 to 19: 580
- 20 to 49: 185
- 50 or more: 965
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $106,900
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 2,549 (218 second mortgage, 363 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,999
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Computer specialists (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- Italian (20.6%)
- German (19.0%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- English (5.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- United States or American (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (51%)
- Italy (11%)
- Other Western Asia (10%)
- Poland (3%)
- Israel (3%)
- Germany (2%)
- Iran (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,346 (78%)
- Carpooled: 622 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 730 (9%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 49 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 25 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 89 (1%)
- Other means: 42 (1%)
- Worked at home: 207 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Scott township, Pennsylvania:
- 309 people in nursing homes
- 194 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 29 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
88.0% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,734- In family households: 12,981 (3,681 male householders, 856 female householders)
3,814 spouses, 4,103 children (3,854 natural, 90 adopted, 159 stepchildren), 98 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 86 parents, 73 other relatives, 196 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,753 (1,353 male householders (1,140 living alone)), 1,943 female householders (1,754 living alone)), 457 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 554 (305 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,323 2-persons, 1,021 3-persons, 821 4-persons, 269 5-persons, 71 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,894 1-person, 353 2-persons, 49 3-persons,
2,506 married couples with children.
551 single-parent households (118 men, 433 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 174
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 198
| Here: | 38.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |