North Franklin township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (63% naturalized citizens)
| North Franklin township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of North Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% 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: 4110
- Northeast: 91
- Midwest: 196
- South: 347
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in North Franklin township, Pennsylvania:
- 143 people in nursing homes
- 70 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,552
- One, attached: 72
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 69
- 5 to 9: 55
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 14
- 50 or more: 187
- Mobile homes: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,800
Housing units in North Franklin township with a mortgage: 732 (115 second mortgage, 112 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 604
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Franklin township:
- German (23.1%)
- Italian (15.9%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- English (9.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.2%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (38%)
- Germany (25%)
- Hungary (22%)
- Philippines (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,876 (88%)
- Carpooled: 183 (9%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 49 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in North Franklin township, Pennsylvania:
- 143 people in nursing homes
- 70 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.4% of residents of North Franklin township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,591- In family households: 3,946 (1,111 male householders, 240 female householders)
1,144 spouses, 1,251 children (1,176 natural, 17 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 45 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 645 (171 male householders (150 living alone)), 433 female householders (424 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 227 (142 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 686 2-persons, 309 3-persons, 230 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 574 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
700 married couples with children.
204 single-parent households (48 men, 156 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 34.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |