Franklin township, Erie County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1409
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 73
- South: 40
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 469
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 81
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,500
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 96 (11 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (32.8%)
- Polish (11.7%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Italian (9.3%)
- English (7.6%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (25%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Germany (17%)
- Japan (17%)
- Iran (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 701 (84%)
- Carpooled: 98 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.2% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,609- In family households: 1,499 (400 male householders, 54 female householders)
372 spouses, 575 children (555 natural, 10 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 18 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (46 male householders (35 living alone)), 44 female householders (35 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 167 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 20 2-persons,
373 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (23 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 22.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |