South Newton township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| South Newton township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of South Newton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1189
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 24
- South: 37
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 428
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 3
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $64,200
Housing units in South Newton township with a mortgage: 208 (18 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Newton township:
- German (42.7%)
- United States or American (25.5%)
- Swiss (6.6%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (67%)
- Germany (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 500 (77%)
- Carpooled: 84 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
87.0% of residents of South Newton township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
12.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,322- In family households: 1,206 (335 male householders, 44 female householders)
319 spouses, 471 children (449 natural, 8 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 17 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (39 male householders (27 living alone)), 60 female householders (56 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 16 2-persons,
324 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (18 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
| Here: | 33.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 23.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |