Forks township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Forks township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of Forks 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, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 363
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 7
- South: 14
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 328
- Mobile homes: 77
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,300
Housing units in Forks township with a mortgage: 32 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Paper (6%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forks township:
- German (32.2%)
- English (16.2%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.9%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Central Asia (50%)
- Brazil (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 132 (71%)
- Carpooled: 21 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (2%)
- Walked: 19 (10%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 9 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (72%)
- Wood (15%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
98.6% of residents of Forks township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 425- In family households: 345 (97 male householders, 21 female householders)
104 spouses, 107 children (106 natural, 0 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 80 (26 male householders (22 living alone)), 38 female householders (28 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 71 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 13 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
52 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (7 men, 16 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 43.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |