North Branch township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 22.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 197 (all rural)
| Males: 102 |  (51.8%) |
| Females: 95 |  (48.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 197 (190 owner occupied, 7 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 4% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in North Branch township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.4%
- Black: 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.5%
Median age of males: 44.8
Median age of females: 43.5
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Average household size: 2.29
| North Branch township: | 2.3 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.83
| North Branch township: | $48,217 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $539 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $154,629 (it was $91,600 in 2000)
| : | $154,629 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.1% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Swamps: Crane Swamp (A), Big Deer Swamp (B), Tamarack Swamp (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Miller Brook (A), Catlin Brook (B), Sciota Brook (C), Burgess Brook (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of North Branch township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 139
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 0
- South: 7
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 87
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,900
Housing units in North Branch township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Construction (33%)
- Paper (21%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Paper (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Construction laborers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Financial managers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Branch township:
- United States or American (34.8%)
- Irish (20.7%)
- English (17.4%)
- German (12.0%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Hungarian (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 52 (84%)
- Carpooled: 8 (13%)
- Walked: 2 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
99.4% of residents of North Branch township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 173- In family households: 143 (45 male householders, 8 female householders)
48 spouses, 40 children (40 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (13 male householders (11 living alone)), 13 female householders (11 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 29 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 4 2-persons,
35 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (5 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |