Palmer township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Palmer township: | 5.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Palmer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9989
- Northeast: 4672
- Midwest: 436
- South: 556
- West: 154
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $164,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Palmer township, Pennsylvania:
- 203 people in nursing homes
- 75 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,262
- One, attached: 872
- Two: 71
- 3 or 4: 358
- 5 to 9: 86
- 10 to 19: 29
- 20 to 49: 84
- 50 or more: 103
Housing units in Palmer township with a mortgage: 3,672 (307 second mortgage, 680 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,907
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Palmer township:
- German (23.0%)
- Italian (22.1%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- English (6.7%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (17%)
- Italy (12%)
- Germany (9%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Colombia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,110 (86%)
- Carpooled: 847 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 36 (0%)
- Walked: 69 (1%)
- Other means: 43 (1%)
- Worked at home: 182 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Palmer township, Pennsylvania:
- 203 people in nursing homes
- 75 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 4 people in other group homes
92.4% of residents of Palmer township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,501- In family households: 14,435 (4,281 male householders, 626 female householders)
4,353 spouses, 4,431 children (4,128 natural, 82 adopted, 221 stepchildren), 202 grandchildren, 55 brothers or sisters, 172 parents, 153 other relatives, 162 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,066 (660 male householders (503 living alone)), 1,157 female householders (1,082 living alone)), 249 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 308 (218 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,257 2-persons, 1,164 3-persons, 990 4-persons, 394 5-persons, 79 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,585 1-person, 219 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
2,937 married couples with children.
416 single-parent households (100 men, 316 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 248
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 119
| Here: | 14.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 107
| Here: | 22.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |