Union township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5081
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 174
- South: 172
- West: 79
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,833
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 25
- Mobile homes: 472
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 839 (105 second mortgage, 169 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 743
- Construction (17%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (25.6%)
- Italian (12.7%)
- English (11.3%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- Slovak (4.4%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (31%)
- Other Eastern Europe (25%)
- Germany (22%)
- Philippines (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,373 (85%)
- Carpooled: 296 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 47 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 17 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.6% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,589- In family households: 4,918 (1,333 male householders, 348 female householders)
1,451 spouses, 1,572 children (1,492 natural, 19 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 75 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 39 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 671 (290 male householders (255 living alone)), 319 female householders (289 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 831 2-persons, 410 3-persons, 293 4-persons, 124 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 544 1-person, 65 2-persons,
857 married couples with children.
247 single-parent households (53 men, 194 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 21.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |