Mount Carmel township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (71% naturalized citizens)
Mount Carmel township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Mount Carmel township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2409
- Northeast: 93
- Midwest: 26
- South: 95
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
140 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 485
- One, attached: 655
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 2
- 20 to 49: 16
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Mount Carmel township with a mortgage: 385 (34 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 489
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Paper (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Carmel township:
- Polish (22.3%)
- Italian (22.2%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- German (9.7%)
- Ukrainian (5.8%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
- Lithuanian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (35%)
- Syria (16%)
- India (13%)
- Germany (10%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- Peru (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 852 (83%)
- Carpooled: 142 (14%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 4 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
140 people in nursing homes
93.5% of residents of Mount Carmel township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,555- In family households: 2,176 (570 male householders, 171 female householders)
577 spouses, 734 children (676 natural, 33 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 34 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 379 (138 male householders (121 living alone)), 210 female householders (198 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 144 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 353 2-persons, 163 3-persons, 140 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 319 1-person, 25 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
395 married couples with children.
140 single-parent households (46 men, 94 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here: | 10.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
Here: | 17.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |