Shaler township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Shaler township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Shaler township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 26231
- Northeast: 662
- Midwest: 953
- South: 710
- West: 271
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Shaler township, Pennsylvania:
- 105 people in religious group quarters
- 59 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,458
- One, attached: 476
- Two: 314
- 3 or 4: 350
- 5 to 9: 178
- 10 to 19: 300
- 20 to 49: 141
- 50 or more: 23
- Mobile homes: 85
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,700
Housing units in Shaler township with a mortgage: 5,748 (627 second mortgage, 1,106 home equity loan, 36 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,098
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shaler township:
- German (32.3%)
- Italian (16.3%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- Polish (9.7%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Croatian (3.6%)
- English (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (24%)
- India (13%)
- Canada (7%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Cuba (4%)
- Korea (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,235 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,177 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 568 (4%)
- Bicycle: 25 (0%)
- Walked: 132 (1%)
- Other means: 78 (1%)
- Worked at home: 311 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (95%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Shaler township, Pennsylvania:
- 105 people in religious group quarters
- 59 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
94.3% of residents of Shaler township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,587- In family households: 25,999 (7,185 male householders, 1,530 female householders)
7,444 spouses, 8,755 children (8,407 natural, 103 adopted, 245 stepchildren), 311 grandchildren, 145 brothers or sisters, 164 parents, 230 other relatives, 235 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,588 (1,230 male householders (1,101 living alone)), 1,990 female householders (1,808 living alone)), 368 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 170 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,083 2-persons, 1,966 3-persons, 1,713 4-persons, 684 5-persons, 236 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,909 1-person, 258 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
5,471 married couples with children.
749 single-parent households (177 men, 572 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 608
| Here: | 19.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 94
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 226
| Here: | 27.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |