Union township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1786
- Northeast: 109
- Midwest: 89
- South: 901
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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: 996
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 15
- Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $72,200
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 549 (88 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 241
- Construction (18%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (44.3%)
- English (11.5%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Polish (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (32%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Canada (12%)
- Russia (7%)
- Brazil (7%)
- Ecuador (7%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,298 (84%)
- Carpooled: 180 (12%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
96.7% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,989- In family households: 2,779 (781 male householders, 121 female householders)
792 spouses, 948 children (893 natural, 16 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 23 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 210 (76 male householders (59 living alone)), 100 female householders (84 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 382 2-persons, 220 3-persons, 188 4-persons, 73 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 33 2-persons,
654 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (27 men, 75 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 32.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |