Franklin township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (25% naturalized citizens)
Franklin township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1975
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 38
- South: 17
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 691
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 5
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 174
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 211 (19 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (18%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (54.2%)
- United States or American (25.8%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- English (2.5%)
- Polish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (56%)
- Germany (25%)
- Korea (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 790 (80%)
- Carpooled: 90 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (2%)
- Walked: 30 (3%)
- Other means: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
96.9% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,094- In family households: 1,865 (546 male householders, 77 female householders)
574 spouses, 584 children (540 natural, 3 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 26 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 229 (105 male householders (89 living alone)), 101 female householders (97 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 295 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 186 1-person, 20 2-persons,
399 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (36 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 4.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 15.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |