Weisenberg township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Weisenberg township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Weisenberg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3122
- Northeast: 465
- Midwest: 165
- South: 212
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $200,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
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
26 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,402
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 17
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,600
Housing units in Weisenberg township with a mortgage: 808 (56 second mortgage, 245 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 249
- Construction (10%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Weisenberg township:
- German (34.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (9.7%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- English (4.8%)
- European (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (30%)
- Canada (24%)
- Jamaica (11%)
- Other Central America (11%)
- Ecuador (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Ireland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,985 (89%)
- Carpooled: 146 (7%)
- Worked at home: 111 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
26 people in nursing homes
93.1% of residents of Weisenberg township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,118- In family households: 3,814 (1,086 male householders, 145 female householders)
1,154 spouses, 1,300 children (1,222 natural, 21 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 24 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 304 (163 male householders (110 living alone)), 70 female householders (60 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 491 2-persons, 315 3-persons, 269 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 60 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 170 1-person, 63 2-persons,
926 married couples with children.
94 single-parent households (42 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 87
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 40.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |