Choconut township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (75% naturalized citizens)
Choconut township: | 2.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Choconut township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 14% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 255
- Northeast: 473
- Midwest: 9
- South: 33
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 282
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 17
- Mobile homes: 60
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Choconut township with a mortgage: 100 (11 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (13%)
- Computer and electronic products (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Extraction workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Choconut township:
- Irish (19.6%)
- German (16.9%)
- English (16.4%)
- United States or American (11.1%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Welsh (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (31%)
- Cuba (25%)
- Austria (19%)
- Germany (13%)
- Philippines (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 340 (89%)
- Carpooled: 30 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 5 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (14%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
94.9% of residents of Choconut township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 789- In family households: 687 (186 male householders, 53 female householders)
194 spouses, 228 children (200 natural, 14 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 102 (42 male householders (30 living alone)), 45 female householders (41 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 113 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 71 1-person, 16 2-persons,
142 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (24 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 9.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 16.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 50.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |