Upper Nazareth township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Nazareth township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Upper Nazareth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3482
- Northeast: 680
- Midwest: 39
- South: 78
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
799 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,125
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 57
- 20 to 49: 27
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Upper Nazareth township with a mortgage: 708 (111 second mortgage, 171 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 359
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Nazareth township:
- German (29.7%)
- Italian (15.3%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.4%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- English (4.5%)
- Austrian (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (25%)
- Italy (23%)
- Canada (17%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Germany (7%)
- Taiwan (7%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,631 (87%)
- Carpooled: 143 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 66 (4%)
- Worked at home: 26 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
799 people in nursing homes
96.2% of residents of Upper Nazareth township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,633- In family households: 3,303 (919 male householders, 132 female householders)
921 spouses, 1,205 children (1,151 natural, 18 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 41 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 330 (121 male householders (94 living alone)), 154 female householders (127 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 793 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 424 2-persons, 233 3-persons, 260 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 34 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 221 1-person, 54 2-persons,
808 married couples with children.
116 single-parent households (24 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 51
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |