Union township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4420
- Northeast: 67
- Midwest: 260
- South: 205
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
11 people in nursing homes
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,886
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 32
- 3 or 4: 15
- Mobile homes: 262
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 777 (116 second mortgage, 80 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 806
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- Italian (24.5%)
- German (20.8%)
- Polish (12.2%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- English (7.4%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (39%)
- Italy (19%)
- Hungary (13%)
- Canada (11%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Germany (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,970 (88%)
- Carpooled: 177 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 23 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
11 people in nursing homes
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
95.0% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,079- In family households: 4,428 (1,178 male householders, 334 female householders)
1,278 spouses, 1,352 children (1,233 natural, 5 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 53 other relatives, 81 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 651 (225 male householders (189 living alone)), 364 female householders (349 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 15 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 707 2-persons, 353 3-persons, 300 4-persons, 105 5-persons, 47 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 538 1-person, 44 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
664 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (47 men, 149 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 31.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |