Shohola township, Pike County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Shohola township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Shohola township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 11% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 359
- Northeast: 1446
- Midwest: 71
- South: 52
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,143
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 1,899
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,700
Housing units in Shohola township with a mortgage: 372 (20 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Construction (18%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shohola township:
- German (24.8%)
- Irish (17.7%)
- Italian (16.3%)
- English (6.3%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
- Norwegian (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (34%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Argentina (10%)
- Japan (6%)
- Italy (5%)
- Colombia (5%)
- Yugoslavia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 706 (81%)
- Carpooled: 89 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (10%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
23 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
92.7% of residents of Shohola township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,065- In family households: 1,776 (463 male householders, 111 female householders)
555 spouses, 572 children (528 natural, 18 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 15 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 289 (127 male householders (107 living alone)), 120 female householders (109 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 23 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 216 1-person, 23 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
413 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (7 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 44.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |