Washington township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2681
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 168
- South: 177
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,118
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 155
Median worth of mobile homes: $64,300
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 469 (49 second mortgage, 79 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Machinery (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (23.2%)
- English (12.5%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Polish (7.6%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- French (except Basque) (5.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (31%)
- Canada (31%)
- Other Southern Europe (17%)
- Korea (14%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,330 (83%)
- Carpooled: 147 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (2%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 60 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,166- In family households: 2,881 (731 male householders, 164 female householders)
738 spouses, 1,037 children (955 natural, 20 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 101 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 44 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 285 (146 male householders (131 living alone)), 106 female householders (91 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 381 2-persons, 199 3-persons, 181 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 222 1-person, 19 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
2,092 married couples with children.
401 single-parent households (141 men, 260 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
Here: | 10.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
Here: | 26.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |