Franklin township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3399
- Northeast: 321
- Midwest: 179
- South: 397
- West: 62
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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: 1,081
- One, attached: 189
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 66
- 5 to 9: 42
- 10 to 19: 30
- Mobile homes: 321
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 723 (64 second mortgage, 154 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 241
- Construction (19%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (36.1%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- Polish (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (24%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Canada (15%)
- Colombia (14%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Italy (8%)
- Honduras (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,154 (90%)
- Carpooled: 87 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 126 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (7%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.5% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,479- In family households: 4,004 (1,082 male householders, 196 female householders)
1,131 spouses, 1,464 children (1,341 natural, 57 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 32 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 475 (208 male householders (165 living alone)), 188 female householders (172 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 487 2-persons, 353 3-persons, 302 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 337 1-person, 24 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
999 married couples with children.
198 single-parent households (56 men, 142 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 47
| Here: | 7.8% |
| 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: 26
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |