Athens township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (92% naturalized citizens)
Athens township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Athens township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3443
- Northeast: 1107
- Midwest: 179
- South: 192
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
23 people in other group homes


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,357
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 27
- 5 to 9: 19
- 10 to 19: 21
- Mobile homes: 711
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,400
Housing units in Athens township with a mortgage: 598 (32 second mortgage, 84 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 382
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Athens township:
- German (20.3%)
- English (16.3%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- Italian (8.2%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- Philippines (30%)
- Italy (15%)
- Other Western Europe (12%)
- Thailand (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,770 (84%)
- Carpooled: 228 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (1%)
- Other means: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 41 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
23 people in other group homes
95.9% of residents of Athens township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,035- In family households: 4,300 (1,112 male householders, 284 female householders)
1,198 spouses, 1,542 children (1,405 natural, 78 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 37 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 735 (280 male householders (188 living alone)), 305 female householders (280 living alone)), 150 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 631 2-persons, 311 3-persons, 288 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 468 1-person, 88 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
929 married couples with children.
306 single-parent households (107 men, 199 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 125
Here: | 20.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 2.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
Here: | 17.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |