Upper Macungie township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Macungie township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
51% of Upper Macungie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9679
- Northeast: 1622
- Midwest: 585
- South: 687
- West: 200
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $287,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Upper Macungie township, Pennsylvania:
- 304 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,428
- One, attached: 582
- Two: 53
- 3 or 4: 89
- 5 to 9: 95
- 10 to 19: 126
- 20 to 49: 70
- 50 or more: 168
- Mobile homes: 724
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Upper Macungie township with a mortgage: 2,752 (257 second mortgage, 507 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 768
- Chemicals (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Engineers (10%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Macungie township:
- German (29.8%)
- Italian (10.5%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.7%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- English (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (16%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (14%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Poland (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Iran (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,165 (89%)
- Carpooled: 479 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 22 (0%)
- Walked: 55 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 167 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Upper Macungie township, Pennsylvania:
- 304 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
89.7% of residents of Upper Macungie township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (35% speak English very well, 65% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,571- In family households: 11,976 (3,196 male householders, 611 female householders)
3,406 spouses, 4,326 children (3,896 natural, 225 adopted, 205 stepchildren), 74 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 123 parents, 82 other relatives, 140 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,595 (616 male householders (474 living alone)), 685 female householders (570 living alone)), 294 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 324 (305 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,563 2-persons, 869 3-persons, 898 4-persons, 365 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 57 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,044 1-person, 220 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
3,142 married couples with children.
365 single-parent households (99 men, 266 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 275
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 111
| Here: | 14.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 74
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |