Elkland township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Elkland township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Elkland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 471
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 11
- South: 23
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
62 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 394
- Mobile homes: 70
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in Elkland township with a mortgage: 32 (3 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Construction (17%)
- Wood products (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Life and physical scientists (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elkland township:
- German (37.9%)
- English (20.9%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Polish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 167 (64%)
- Carpooled: 33 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 26 (10%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 29 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Wood (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
62 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Elkland township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 518- In family households: 469 (140 male householders, 26 female householders)
144 spouses, 127 children (123 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 49 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 21 female householders (16 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person, 5 2-persons,
93 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (9 men, 10 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): 2
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |