Franconia township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Franconia township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of Franconia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9551
- Northeast: 764
- Midwest: 296
- South: 376
- West: 122
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $217,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Franconia township, Pennsylvania:
- 175 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 123 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,598
- One, attached: 976
- Two: 112
- 3 or 4: 195
- 20 to 49: 12
- 50 or more: 216
- Mobile homes: 127
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,300
Housing units in Franconia township with a mortgage: 2,217 (232 second mortgage, 372 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 895
- Construction (13%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franconia township:
- German (37.9%)
- Italian (11.7%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- English (6.1%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (15%)
- Other Western Europe (10%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Russia (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- Iran (7%)
- Belarus (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,194 (89%)
- Carpooled: 306 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 37 (1%)
- Railroad: 14 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 204 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Franconia township, Pennsylvania:
- 175 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 123 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
94.8% of residents of Franconia township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,211- In family households: 10,237 (2,776 male householders, 570 female householders)
2,996 spouses, 3,487 children (3,326 natural, 89 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 71 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 94 other relatives, 167 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 974 (354 male householders (308 living alone)), 483 female householders (440 living alone)), 137 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 312 (104 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,471 2-persons, 680 3-persons, 740 4-persons, 316 5-persons, 91 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 748 1-person, 62 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 17 4-persons,
2,549 married couples with children.
257 single-parent households (61 men, 196 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 214
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 114
| Here: | 20.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 103
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |