Hamilton township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Hamilton township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Hamilton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7041
- Northeast: 334
- Midwest: 286
- South: 928
- West: 168
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,407
- One, attached: 288
- Two: 80
- 3 or 4: 110
- 5 to 9: 124
- 10 to 19: 55
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 536
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in Hamilton township with a mortgage: 1,440 (117 second mortgage, 201 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 689
- Machinery (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hamilton township:
- German (40.6%)
- United States or American (20.5%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- English (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Swiss (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (17%)
- Germany (13%)
- Canada (13%)
- Philippines (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- India (11%)
- Mexico (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,764 (84%)
- Carpooled: 447 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (1%)
- Other means: 29 (1%)
- Worked at home: 152 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.9% of residents of Hamilton township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,938- In family households: 7,925 (2,188 male householders, 448 female householders)
2,229 spouses, 2,697 children (2,367 natural, 95 adopted, 235 stepchildren), 93 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 61 parents, 91 other relatives, 85 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,013 (383 male householders (259 living alone)), 444 female householders (400 living alone)), 186 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,237 2-persons, 611 3-persons, 505 4-persons, 210 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 659 1-person, 143 2-persons, 25 3-persons,
1,673 married couples with children.
421 single-parent households (107 men, 314 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 114
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 57
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 49
| Here: | 24.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |