Union township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 1.6% |
| 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, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2249
- Northeast: 76
- Midwest: 39
- South: 95
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 830
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 44
- 5 to 9: 23
- Mobile homes: 162
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,500
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 267 (5 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 281
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (51.9%)
- United States or American (12.2%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.6%)
- English (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (27%)
- Germany (22%)
- Canada (22%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Yugoslavia (10%)
- Jamaica (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,148 (83%)
- Carpooled: 170 (12%)
- Walked: 36 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
95.8% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,561- In family households: 2,226 (614 male householders, 131 female householders)
599 spouses, 682 children (572 natural, 16 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 22 other relatives, 87 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 335 (162 male householders (124 living alone)), 116 female householders (103 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 344 2-persons, 157 3-persons, 155 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 32 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 48 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
388 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (54 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 28.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |