Union township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% 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, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1174
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 6
- South: 37
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 464
- One, attached: 12
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,700
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 186 (24 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 148
- Construction (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- Polish (21.0%)
- German (19.6%)
- Dutch (11.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Lithuanian (7.3%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Germany (25%)
- Philippines (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 512 (84%)
- Carpooled: 39 (6%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Other means: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Coal or coke (18%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
97.0% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,306- In family households: 1,098 (304 male householders, 52 female householders)
296 spouses, 376 children (350 natural, 7 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 11 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 208 (83 male householders (61 living alone)), 82 female householders (71 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 142 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 132 1-person, 25 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
244 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (8 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |