Pocono township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Pocono township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Pocono township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3624
- Northeast: 4664
- Midwest: 243
- South: 330
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $179,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Pocono township, Pennsylvania:
- 22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,569
- One, attached: 82
- Two: 83
- 3 or 4: 150
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 295
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Pocono township with a mortgage: 2,005 (260 second mortgage, 213 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 656
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pocono township:
- Italian (18.9%)
- German (18.2%)
- Irish (15.5%)
- English (6.9%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- Hungarian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (16%)
- Hungary (12%)
- Poland (9%)
- Colombia (7%)
- Dominican Republic (6%)
- Portugal (5%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,893 (81%)
- Carpooled: 577 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 132 (3%)
- Subway or elevated: 19 (0%)
- Railroad: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (0%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 151 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
People in group quarters in Pocono township, Pennsylvania:
- 22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in religious group quarters
91.1% of residents of Pocono township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (46% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,576- In family households: 8,492 (2,106 male householders, 551 female householders)
2,345 spouses, 2,949 children (2,683 natural, 42 adopted, 224 stepchildren), 142 grandchildren, 55 brothers or sisters, 103 parents, 103 other relatives, 138 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,084 (449 male householders (354 living alone)), 411 female householders (319 living alone)), 224 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 31 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,020 2-persons, 585 3-persons, 643 4-persons, 277 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 673 1-person, 170 2-persons, 17 4-persons,
1,962 married couples with children.
373 single-parent households (126 men, 247 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 160
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 78
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |