Falls township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
Falls township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Falls township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1725
- Northeast: 165
- Midwest: 20
- South: 16
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
92 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 593
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 116
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,900
Housing units in Falls township with a mortgage: 222 (26 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Construction (17%)
- Paper (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Falls township:
- German (18.6%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Polish (12.8%)
- English (10.9%)
- Italian (10.7%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Welsh (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (27%)
- Korea (27%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Ireland (9%)
- Other Northern Europe (9%)
- India (9%)
- Mexico (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 740 (84%)
- Carpooled: 97 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
92 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
96.6% of residents of Falls township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,907- In family households: 1,729 (462 male householders, 98 female householders)
488 spouses, 603 children (562 natural, 21 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 10 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 178 (67 male householders (61 living alone)), 95 female householders (86 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 93 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 234 2-persons, 144 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 23 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 15 2-persons,
367 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (14 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 4.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 2.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
Here: | 41.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |