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Southampton township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)

Southampton township:

1.1%
Whole state:

4.1%

68% of Southampton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 5335
  • Northeast: 141
  • Midwest: 154
  • South: 330
  • West: 52

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Southampton township, PA map Southampton township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $20,200


Housing units in Southampton township with a mortgage: 932 (26 second mortgage, 141 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 409

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 60
  • 1995 to 1998: 179
  • 1990 to 1994: 228
  • 1980 to 1989: 478
  • 1970 to 1979: 394
  • 1960 to 1969: 308
  • 1950 to 1959: 184
  • 1940 to 1949: 143
  • 1939 or earlier: 414

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 51
  • 4 rooms: 153
  • 5 rooms: 406
  • 6 rooms: 542
  • 7 rooms: 302
  • 8 rooms: 221
  • 9 or more rooms: 192

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 12
  • 2 rooms: 8
  • 3 rooms: 68
  • 4 rooms: 114
  • 5 rooms: 81
  • 6 rooms: 30
  • 7 rooms: 65
  • 8 rooms: 9
  • 9 or more rooms: 13

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Southampton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 51
  • 2 bedrooms: 286
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,136
  • 4 bedrooms: 344
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 50

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southampton township:

  • no bedroom: 12
  • 1 bedroom: 76
  • 2 bedrooms: 176
  • 3 bedrooms: 92
  • 4 bedrooms: 30
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 14

Cars and other vehicles available in Southampton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 62
  • 1 vehicle: 408
  • 2 vehicles: 834
  • 3 vehicles: 338
  • 4 vehicles: 170
  • 5 or more vehicles: 55

Cars and other vehicles available in Southampton township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 44
  • 1 vehicle: 172
  • 2 vehicles: 121
  • 3 vehicles: 49
  • 4 vehicles: 14
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (15%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Machinery (8%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (18%)
  • Educational services (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Southampton township:

  • German (36.4%)
  • United States or American (29.7%)
  • Irish (7.7%)
  • English (6.0%)
  • Italian (1.9%)
  • Dutch (1.8%)
  • Swiss (1.6%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Vietnam (64%)
  • Germany (12%)
  • Korea (12%)
  • Mexico (12%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
  • Electricity (35%)
  • Utility gas (11%)
  • Wood (8%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
  • Coal or coke (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Solar energy (1%)

8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

92.5% of residents of Southampton township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (12% speak English very well, 88% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 6,090

Size of family households: 798 2-persons, 365 3-persons, 347 4-persons, 135 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 440 1-person, 60 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 9 4-persons,

1,381 married couples with children.
300 single-parent households (81 men, 219 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 178
Here:

24.3%
Pennsylvania:

16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
Here:

9.9%
Pennsylvania:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
Here:

10.6%
Pennsylvania:

37.3%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Southampton township:

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