West Mahanoy township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (66% naturalized citizens)
| West Mahanoy township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
41% of West Mahanoy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4535
- Northeast: 741
- Midwest: 26
- South: 145
- West: 678
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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
People in group quarters in West Mahanoy township, Pennsylvania:
- 2,991 people in state prisons
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 763
- One, attached: 629
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in West Mahanoy township with a mortgage: 505 (48 second mortgage, 83 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 616
- Public administration (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Mahanoy township:
- Polish (23.6%)
- Irish (18.4%)
- Lithuanian (14.4%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- German (7.4%)
- Slovak (5.9%)
- Ukrainian (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (51%)
- Ireland (20%)
- Philippines (17%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 957 (75%)
- Carpooled: 255 (20%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Worked at home: 41 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (69%)
- Coal or coke (15%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in West Mahanoy township, Pennsylvania:
- 2,991 people in state prisons
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 10 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.9% of residents of West Mahanoy township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,095- In family households: 2,631 (711 male householders, 168 female householders)
707 spouses, 948 children (861 natural, 28 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 18 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 464 (184 male householders (170 living alone)), 243 female householders (218 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3,071 (3,054 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 406 2-persons, 221 3-persons, 148 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 32 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 388 1-person, 39 2-persons,
430 married couples with children.
129 single-parent households (38 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 59
| Here: | 41.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |