East Penn township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 22.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 2,461 (6% urban, 94% rural)
| Males: 1,216 |  (49.4%) |
| Females: 1,245 |  (50.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,451 (2,200 owner occupied, 251 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in East Penn township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.6%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 41.3
Median age of females: 41.1
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Average household size: 2.59
| East Penn township: | 2.6 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| East Penn township: | $44,017 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $600 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $139,000 (it was $81,000 in 2000)
| : | $139,000 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 110 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 8.9% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: East Penn Township Volunteer Fire Company (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in East Penn township include: Ben Salem Church (A), Dinkey Memorial Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: New Dinkey Memorial Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Lizard Creek (A), Bergers Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
87% of East Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 271
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 48
- South: 9
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
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
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 126
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,700
Housing units in East Penn township with a mortgage: 12 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Construction (22%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (33%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (25%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (7%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (20%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Penn township:
- United States or American (45.8%)
- German (16.0%)
- English (8.4%)
- Scottish (7.6%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 118 (69%)
- Carpooled: 23 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (6%)
- Worked at home: 19 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (80%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
99.4% of residents of East Penn township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 338- In family households: 295 (93 male householders, 4 female householders)
84 spouses, 105 children (91 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 43 (5 male householders (2 living alone)), 33 female householders (28 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 8 2-persons,
443 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (32 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 17.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |