Franklin township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3843
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 122
- South: 166
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
26 people in nursing homes
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,357
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 252
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,300
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 622 (53 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 390
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (37.0%)
- Italian (12.8%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- English (8.6%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (36%)
- Yugoslavia (31%)
- Canada (18%)
- Germany (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,872 (89%)
- Carpooled: 153 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
26 people in nursing homes
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.1% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,280- In family households: 3,862 (1,021 male householders, 232 female householders)
1,066 spouses, 1,404 children (1,326 natural, 19 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 13 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 418 (189 male householders (166 living alone)), 188 female householders (179 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 44 (26 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 511 2-persons, 308 3-persons, 283 4-persons, 121 5-persons, 30 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 345 1-person, 25 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
869 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (40 men, 111 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |