Brooklyn township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Brooklyn township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Brooklyn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 634
- Northeast: 202
- Midwest: 13
- South: 12
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 319
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,600
Housing units in Brooklyn township with a mortgage: 76 (4 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (14%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brooklyn township:
- German (18.3%)
- English (14.7%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Italian (10.6%)
- Polish (10.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.4%)
- Irish (5.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Portugal (14%)
- Ireland (9%)
- Poland (9%)
- Japan (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 271 (74%)
- Carpooled: 43 (12%)
- Walked: 19 (5%)
- Worked at home: 35 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (16%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.1% of residents of Brooklyn township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 889- In family households: 788 (225 male householders, 31 female householders)
203 spouses, 288 children (267 natural, 9 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 9 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 101 (49 male householders (39 living alone)), 40 female householders (40 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
191 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (19 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 26.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |