Franklin township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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Franklin township, PA map Land area: 31.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 447 (all rural)

Males: 224	(50.1%)
Females: 223	(49.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 447 (309 owner occupied, 138 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	31%
State:	29%

Races in Franklin township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%

Median age of males: 39.1
Median age of females: 39.6

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Average household size: 2.43

Franklin township:	2.4 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Average family size: 2.87

Estimated median household income in 2007: $47,071 ($38,864 in 1999)

This township:	$47,071
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $443 (lower quartile is $313, upper quartile is $639)

Here:	$443
State:	$555

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $208,365 (it was $133,700 in 2000)

Franklin township:	$208,365
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $100,847 - $280,970

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $297,244
Here: $297,244
State: $224,371

Mobile homes: $35,000
Here: $35,000
State: $35,442

Population density: 14 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	6.5%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	2.2%
Whole state:	5.1%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable locations in Franklin township: Grazier Mill, Dry Run.

Cemeteries: Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery, Graysville Cemetery, Seven Stars Cemetery, Franklinville Cemetery.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Fowler Run, Beaver Branch, Halfmoon Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 11 (0% naturalized citizens)

Franklin township:	2.5%
State:	4.1%

77% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 386
Northeast: 9
Midwest: 19
South: 18
West: 2

Franklin township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 208
Two: 6
Mobile homes: 21

Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000

Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 43 (2 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2
1995 to 1998: 5
1990 to 1994: 13
1980 to 1989: 10
1970 to 1979: 28
1960 to 1969: 20
1950 to 1959: 14
1940 to 1949: 11
1939 or earlier: 132

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Franklin township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 4 5 rooms: 23 6 rooms: 41 7 rooms: 24 8 rooms: 12 9 or more rooms: 23

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Franklin township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 4 4 rooms: 10 5 rooms: 16 6 rooms: 14 7 rooms: 9 8 rooms: 2 9 or more rooms: 2

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Franklin township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 2 2 bedrooms: 18 3 bedrooms: 70 4 bedrooms: 21 5 or more bedrooms: 16

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Franklin township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 6 2 bedrooms: 24 3 bedrooms: 20 4 bedrooms: 7 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Franklin township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 9 1 vehicle: 20 2 vehicles: 56 3 vehicles: 28 4 vehicles: 14 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Franklin township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2 1 vehicle: 23 2 vehicles: 21 3 vehicles: 13 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Construction (32%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Machinery (4%)
Mining (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (23%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Health care (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
Machinery (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Carpenters (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Top executives (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (13%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
Financial managers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Child care workers (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:

German (38.6%)
Irish (14.5%)
Italian (8.3%)
Scotch-Irish (6.5%)
English (6.2%)
Dutch (5.2%)
United States or American (4.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Germany (55%)
Brazil (27%)
Russia (18%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 167 (73%)
Carpooled: 30 (13%)
Walked: 8 (4%)
Other means: 9 (4%)
Worked at home: 14 (6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%) Electricity (18%) Wood (10%) Coal or coke (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%)

97.3% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 447

In family households: 388 (120 male householders, 13 female householders)
118 spouses, 121 children (101 natural, 4 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 59 (32 male householders (22 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 60 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person, 7 2-persons, 3 3-persons.

78 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (5 men, 4 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2

Here:	5.7%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4

Here:	36.4%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Franklin township:

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