Forks township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Forks township: | 4.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Forks township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4207
- Northeast: 2956
- Midwest: 369
- South: 322
- West: 119
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
28 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,585
- One, attached: 295
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 80
- 5 to 9: 37
- 10 to 19: 64
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,000
Housing units in Forks township with a mortgage: 1,855 (172 second mortgage, 275 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 677
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forks township:
- Italian (20.8%)
- German (19.8%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (6.4%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- Hungarian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (16%)
- Ireland (14%)
- Italy (11%)
- Greece (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Middle Africa (6%)
- Colombia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,375 (86%)
- Carpooled: 371 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 32 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (0%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 131 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
28 people in nursing homes
93.3% of residents of Forks township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,391- In family households: 7,660 (2,051 male householders, 390 female householders)
2,123 spouses, 2,669 children (2,499 natural, 73 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 92 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 84 parents, 112 other relatives, 109 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 731 (332 male householders (262 living alone)), 282 female householders (253 living alone)), 117 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 939 2-persons, 574 3-persons, 601 4-persons, 234 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 515 1-person, 78 2-persons, 21 3-persons,
1,993 married couples with children.
219 single-parent households (67 men, 152 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 169
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 148
| Here: | 61.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |