Franklin township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3356
- Northeast: 202
- Midwest: 114
- South: 705
- West: 79
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
107 people in nursing homes
67 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,456
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 26
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 16
- Mobile homes: 233
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,400
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 665 (52 second mortgage, 119 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 308
- Construction (15%)
- Food (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (40.1%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- English (7.2%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (51%)
- India (14%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Canada (7%)
- El Salvador (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Hungary (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,877 (84%)
- Carpooled: 238 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 68 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
107 people in nursing homes
67 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
95.1% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,411- In family households: 3,910 (1,112 male householders, 184 female householders)
1,112 spouses, 1,308 children (1,205 natural, 18 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 33 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 501 (210 male householders (165 living alone)), 185 female householders (166 living alone)), 106 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 178 (110 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 586 2-persons, 255 3-persons, 272 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 331 1-person, 50 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 6-persons,
867 married couples with children.
162 single-parent households (70 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |