Union township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (90% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 2.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2959
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 81
- South: 84
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
160 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 929
- One, attached: 120
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 102
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 243 (13 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 451
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Woodworkers (4%)
- Construction laborers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (35.2%)
- United States or American (25.2%)
- Swiss (9.0%)
- English (7.1%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (68%)
- Italy (13%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Korea (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- Germany (3%)
- Other Eastern Europe (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 806 (66%)
- Carpooled: 136 (11%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 85 (7%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 172 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Wood (21%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
160 people in nursing homes
78.6% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
21.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,152- In family households: 2,843 (797 male householders, 71 female householders)
785 spouses, 1,118 children (1,072 natural, 14 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 3 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 309 (71 male householders (68 living alone)), 218 female householders (210 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 161 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 415 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 159 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 278 1-person, 4 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
820 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (22 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 224
Here: | 54.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 52
Here: | 35.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 55.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |