Letterkenny township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
Letterkenny township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Letterkenny township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1714
- Northeast: 90
- Midwest: 55
- South: 167
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $105,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 646
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 160
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,000
Housing units in Letterkenny township with a mortgage: 298 (24 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 157
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Letterkenny township:
- German (43.1%)
- United States or American (25.3%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- English (3.4%)
- Polish (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (27%)
- Panama (20%)
- Germany (13%)
- Egypt (13%)
- Nigeria (13%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 920 (83%)
- Carpooled: 79 (7%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 77 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Wood (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.9% of residents of Letterkenny township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,074- In family households: 1,865 (526 male householders, 94 female householders)
532 spouses, 602 children (555 natural, 11 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 12 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 209 (98 male householders (71 living alone)), 67 female householders (62 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 133 1-person, 26 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
392 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (49 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
Here: | 6.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
Here: | 11.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 15.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |