Franklin township, Greene County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
Franklin township: | 1.1% |
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, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5931
- Northeast: 244
- Midwest: 223
- South: 1041
- West: 105
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Franklin township, Pennsylvania:
- 2,142 people in state prisons
- 223 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other group homes
- 17 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,409
- One, attached: 43
- Two: 73
- 3 or 4: 85
- 5 to 9: 83
- 10 to 19: 110
- 20 to 49: 78
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 403
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 666 (75 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 308
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (18%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Extraction workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- English (20.4%)
- German (17.1%)
- United States or American (14.2%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.8%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Polish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (17%)
- Cuba (17%)
- Honduras (11%)
- Russia (7%)
- Other Caribbean (7%)
- Mexico (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,795 (82%)
- Carpooled: 259 (12%)
- Walked: 60 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Franklin township, Pennsylvania:
- 2,142 people in state prisons
- 223 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other group homes
- 17 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
91.4% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
7.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,294- In family households: 4,574 (1,140 male householders, 380 female householders)
1,185 spouses, 1,591 children (1,475 natural, 47 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 87 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 52 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 720 (240 male householders (205 living alone)), 384 female householders (348 living alone)), 96 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,400 (2,376 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 699 2-persons, 341 3-persons, 313 4-persons, 118 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 553 1-person, 55 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
867 married couples with children.
351 single-parent households (70 men, 281 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 3.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 60
Here: | 11.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 52
Here: | 32.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |