Tremont township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 23.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 250 (all rural)
| Males: 130 |  (52.0%) |
| Females: 120 |  (48.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 247 (220 owner occupied, 27 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Tremont township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.6%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 37.7
Median age of females: 41.3
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Average household size: 2.60
| Tremont township: | 2.6 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.86
| Tremont township: | $41,114 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $495 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,700 (it was $63,900 in 2000)
| : | $91,700 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $154,794
Here: $154,794 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $55,477
Here: $55,477 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $83,787
Here: $83,787 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $91,557
Here: $91,557 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $104,851
Here: $104,851 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $43,194
Here: $43,194 State: $45,445
| Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 9.4% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Dorans (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Swamps: Jeffs Swamp (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: West Branch Fishing Creek (A), Stumps Run (B), Good Spring Creek (C), Lower Rausch Creek (D), DeHaas Run (E), Lorberry Creek (F), Black Creek (G), Baird Run (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of Tremont township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 231
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 3
- South: 9
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 10.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 61
- One, attached: 16
- Mobile homes: 16
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Tremont township with a mortgage: 29 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Wood products (23%)
- Construction (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Health care (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (10%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (16%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Therapists (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tremont township:
- German (50.7%)
- United States or American (21.3%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Dutch (5.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.3%)
- English (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 92 (76%)
- Carpooled: 27 (22%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Coal or coke (22%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 240- In family households: 197 (62 male householders, 9 female householders)
58 spouses, 53 children (49 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 43 (9 male householders (2 living alone)), 14 female householders (8 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 32 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 1 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
30 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (4 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |