South Manheim township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
South Manheim township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of South Manheim township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1767
- Northeast: 186
- Midwest: 72
- South: 78
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $139,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 883
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 61
Median worth of mobile homes: $72,900
Housing units in South Manheim township with a mortgage: 450 (29 second mortgage, 111 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 160
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Manheim township:
- German (41.8%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- English (4.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (24%)
- Italy (12%)
- India (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Russia (9%)
- Mexico (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 861 (86%)
- Carpooled: 103 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
95.9% of residents of South Manheim township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,175- In family households: 1,994 (541 male householders, 96 female householders)
596 spouses, 659 children (608 natural, 20 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 23 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (68 male householders (54 living alone)), 81 female householders (68 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 273 2-persons, 140 3-persons, 138 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 24 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
497 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (11 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here: | 14.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 5.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 27.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |