West Penn township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (68% naturalized citizens)
| West Penn township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of West Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3470
- Northeast: 136
- Midwest: 43
- South: 79
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,318
- One, attached: 59
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 28
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 177
Median worth of mobile homes: $73,600
Housing units in West Penn township with a mortgage: 591 (44 second mortgage, 106 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 338
- Construction (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Penn township:
- German (39.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (11.4%)
- Italian (8.6%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Slovak (5.5%)
- Dutch (5.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (34%)
- Germany (32%)
- Canada (21%)
- Philippines (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,544 (84%)
- Carpooled: 172 (9%)
- Walked: 46 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 72 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Coal or coke (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.4% of residents of West Penn township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,818- In family households: 3,340 (980 male householders, 112 female householders)
979 spouses, 1,087 children (1,024 natural, 30 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 41 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 478 (214 male householders (150 living alone)), 157 female householders (142 living alone)), 107 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 481 2-persons, 261 3-persons, 245 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 292 1-person, 57 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
695 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (23 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 19.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |