South Union township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (9% naturalized citizens)
South Union township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of South Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9816
- Northeast: 183
- Midwest: 390
- South: 710
- West: 97
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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 Union township, Pennsylvania:
- 314 people in nursing homes
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,766
- One, attached: 189
- Two: 137
- 3 or 4: 79
- 5 to 9: 243
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 80
- 50 or more: 108
- Mobile homes: 153
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,600
Housing units in South Union township with a mortgage: 1,718 (184 second mortgage, 346 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,425
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Union township:
- Italian (17.2%)
- German (13.4%)
- Polish (10.4%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- English (8.5%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Slovak (7.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Eastern Asia (91%)
- Germany (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,080 (89%)
- Carpooled: 343 (8%)
- Walked: 61 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 67 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in South Union township, Pennsylvania:
- 314 people in nursing homes
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.0% of residents of South Union township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,937- In family households: 9,437 (2,528 male householders, 679 female householders)
2,555 spouses, 3,203 children (2,999 natural, 42 adopted, 162 stepchildren), 102 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 89 parents, 100 other relatives, 112 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,500 (502 male householders (436 living alone)), 856 female householders (834 living alone)), 142 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 348 (319 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,493 2-persons, 817 3-persons, 559 4-persons, 271 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,270 1-person, 70 2-persons, 18 4-persons,
1,729 married couples with children.
616 single-parent households (99 men, 517 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 160
Here: | 13.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 111
Here: | 18.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 49
Here: | 16.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |