Tionesta township, Forest County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 44.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.5 sq. mi.
Population: 610 (all rural)
| Males: 315 |  (51.6%) |
| Females: 295 |  (48.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 610 (527 owner occupied, 83 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Tionesta township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 47.3
Median age of females: 48.3
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Average household size: 2.35
| Tionesta township: | 2.4 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.73
| Tionesta township: | $36,180 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $376 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $83,346 (it was $59,600 in 2000)
| : | $83,346 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 9.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Tionesta.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Tionesta township: Tionesta Station (A), Camp Tionesta (B), Taylor (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Tionesta township: Mount Zion Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Collins Cemetery (1), Holeman Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Tionesta Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Indian Camp Run (A), Glasner Run (B), Johns Run (C), Peters Run (D), North Branch Hemlock Creek (E), Tionesta Creek (F), East Branch Hemlock Creek (G), Tubbs Run (H), Pigeon Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Tionesta 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, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 515
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 41
- South: 28
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 711
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 171
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Tionesta township with a mortgage: 71 (10 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 99
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Personal and laundry services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tionesta township:
- German (49.8%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 193 (74%)
- Carpooled: 41 (16%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (3%)
- Worked at home: 13 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Wood (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (1%)
97.7% of residents of Tionesta township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 619- In family households: 545 (140 male householders, 52 female householders)
165 spouses, 146 children (146 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (31 male householders (29 living alone)), 35 female householders (33 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
88 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (15 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |