Towamensing township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (92% naturalized citizens)
| Towamensing township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Towamensing township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2642
- Northeast: 456
- Midwest: 69
- South: 154
- West: 27
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,276
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 12
- 10 to 19: 6
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 137
Median worth of mobile homes: $68,800
Housing units in Towamensing township with a mortgage: 675 (109 second mortgage, 156 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 266
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Towamensing township:
- German (35.7%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (10.0%)
- Italian (9.9%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- English (5.8%)
- Polish (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hungary (25%)
- Poland (21%)
- Philippines (19%)
- Italy (16%)
- Egypt (10%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,527 (92%)
- Carpooled: 64 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 25 (2%)
- Worked at home: 44 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.0% of residents of Towamensing township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,448- In family households: 3,119 (922 male householders, 93 female householders)
887 spouses, 1,065 children (927 natural, 35 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 47 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 329 (151 male householders (116 living alone)), 122 female householders (104 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 15 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 402 2-persons, 296 3-persons, 221 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 220 1-person, 53 2-persons,
674 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (37 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 6.9% |
| 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: 23
| Here: | 27.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |