Franklin township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Franklin township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 514
- Northeast: 381
- Midwest: 8
- South: 9
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 1.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 369
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 10
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 95
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,800
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 90 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (24.5%)
- English (15.9%)
- German (15.0%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- Polish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (83%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 330 (80%)
- Carpooled: 42 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
98.4% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 938- In family households: 828 (206 male householders, 74 female householders)
214 spouses, 284 children (263 natural, 8 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 8 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (55 male householders (36 living alone)), 30 female householders (30 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 14 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
164 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (15 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
Here: | 19.5% |
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: 2
Here: | 6.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |