Washington township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 28% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2937
- Northeast: 983
- Midwest: 85
- South: 41
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
112 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,414
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 38
- 50 or more: 49
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 681 (41 second mortgage, 124 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 431
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (29.7%)
- Italian (21.2%)
- English (8.2%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Dutch (5.9%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Welsh (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (28%)
- Germany (23%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- Hong Kong (8%)
- Canada (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,736 (86%)
- Carpooled: 185 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (2%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
112 people in nursing homes
94.2% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,040- In family households: 3,543 (1,042 male householders, 155 female householders)
974 spouses, 1,162 children (1,041 natural, 50 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 33 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 497 (150 male householders (111 living alone)), 271 female householders (245 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 112 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 539 2-persons, 282 3-persons, 263 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 34 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 356 1-person, 60 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
748 married couples with children.
117 single-parent households (39 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |