Upper Saucon township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Saucon township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Upper Saucon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8986
- Northeast: 1348
- Midwest: 427
- South: 444
- West: 159
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $105,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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 Saucon township, Pennsylvania:
- 749 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 85 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 25 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,721
- One, attached: 148
- Two: 85
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 116
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Upper Saucon township with a mortgage: 2,272 (211 second mortgage, 524 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 995
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Saucon township:
- German (33.6%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Italian (8.8%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- English (5.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Greece (11%)
- Yugoslavia (10%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- Korea (9%)
- Ireland (6%)
- Iran (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,339 (86%)
- Carpooled: 383 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 229 (4%)
- Worked at home: 234 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Upper Saucon township, Pennsylvania:
- 749 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 85 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 25 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
93.9% of residents of Upper Saucon township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,056- In family households: 10,215 (2,885 male householders, 412 female householders)
2,994 spouses, 3,577 children (3,380 natural, 105 adopted, 92 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 74 parents, 155 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 841 (317 male householders (221 living alone)), 356 female householders (317 living alone)), 168 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 883 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,385 2-persons, 766 3-persons, 744 4-persons, 287 5-persons, 90 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 538 1-person, 118 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 9 5-persons,
2,471 married couples with children.
257 single-parent households (85 men, 172 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 153
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 853
| Here: | 78.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |