South Lebanon township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
| South Lebanon township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
57% of South Lebanon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% 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: 7263
- Northeast: 382
- Midwest: 144
- South: 270
- West: 70
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in South Lebanon township, Pennsylvania:
- 340 people in nursing homes
- 299 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 225 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 56 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 25 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,220
- One, attached: 366
- Two: 106
- 3 or 4: 139
- 5 to 9: 49
- 10 to 19: 40
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 104
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,300
Housing units in South Lebanon township with a mortgage: 1,364 (147 second mortgage, 191 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 809
- Construction (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Lebanon township:
- German (45.6%)
- United States or American (12.2%)
- English (6.2%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Italian (5.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.6%)
- Slovak (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- Egypt (11%)
- Italy (10%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Korea (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,118 (82%)
- Carpooled: 335 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 35 (1%)
- Walked: 57 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 217 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in South Lebanon township, Pennsylvania:
- 340 people in nursing homes
- 299 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 225 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 56 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 25 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.2% of residents of South Lebanon township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (42% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 30% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,425- In family households: 6,494 (1,834 male householders, 357 female householders)
1,957 spouses, 2,097 children (1,956 natural, 51 adopted, 90 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 52 other relatives, 100 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 931 (335 male householders (221 living alone)), 401 female householders (384 living alone)), 195 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 958 (874 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,038 2-persons, 466 3-persons, 439 4-persons, 207 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 605 1-person, 87 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 6 6-persons,
1,404 married couples with children.
262 single-parent households (87 men, 175 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 138
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 83
| Here: | 37.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |