Penn Forest township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Penn Forest township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Penn Forest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 850
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 84
- South: 58
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 365
- One, attached: 36
- Two: 15
Housing units in Penn Forest township with a mortgage: 178 (28 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Construction (21%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn Forest township:
- German (32.3%)
- United States or American (29.0%)
- English (9.6%)
- Dutch (6.3%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (74%)
- Germany (26%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 469 (83%)
- Carpooled: 49 (9%)
- Worked at home: 50 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.1% of residents of Penn Forest township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,092- In family households: 926 (254 male householders, 50 female householders)
282 spouses, 278 children (251 natural, 23 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 39 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 166 (76 male householders (52 living alone)), 28 female householders (18 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 148 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 41 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 14 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
1,068 married couples with children.
216 single-parent households (71 men, 145 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 5.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 19.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
Here: | 52.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |