Penn township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Penn township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2400
- Northeast: 89
- Midwest: 61
- South: 134
- West: 44
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
45 people in nursing homes
12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 785
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 169
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,300
Housing units in Penn township with a mortgage: 403 (28 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 144
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn township:
- German (40.5%)
- United States or American (18.5%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- English (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (63%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Austria (8%)
- France (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Germany (4%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,158 (76%)
- Carpooled: 170 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 34 (2%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 124 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
45 people in nursing homes
12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
93.1% of residents of Penn township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,756- In family households: 2,515 (670 male householders, 94 female householders)
660 spouses, 1,000 children (907 natural, 19 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 12 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 241 (108 male householders (78 living alone)), 91 female householders (84 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (50 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 287 2-persons, 198 3-persons, 181 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 33 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
592 married couples with children.
97 single-parent households (44 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |