Harmony township, Forest County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 34.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 511 (all rural)
| Males: 267 |  (52.3%) |
| Females: 244 |  (47.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 511 (446 owner occupied, 65 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Harmony township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
Median age of males: 46.2
Median age of females: 47.0
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Average household size: 2.35
| Harmony township: | 2.4 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.83
| Harmony township: | $36,180 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $376 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $83,346 (it was $59,600 in 2000)
| : | $83,346 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 17.8% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 5.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Harmony township: Hickory Center (A), Harmony Township Community Center (B), Pennsylvania Conservation and Natural Resources District 14 Corn Planter Forest (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Harmony township include: White Church (A), West Hickory Methodist Church (B), Concord Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Fagundus Run (A), Dawson Run (B), West Hickory Creek (C), Siggins Run (D), McArthur Run (E), Jones Run (F), German Run (G), Funk Run (H), Fleming Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
73% of Harmony township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 446
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 27
- South: 26
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 755
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 136
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Harmony township with a mortgage: 60 (9 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Wood products (20%)
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Extraction workers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Bus drivers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harmony township:
- German (35.6%)
- Irish (24.5%)
- English (6.8%)
- Italian (6.8%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Danish (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 156 (86%)
- Carpooled: 14 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 5 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (15%)
- Electricity (1%)
95.0% of residents of Harmony township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 505- In family households: 426 (100 male householders, 36 female householders)
112 spouses, 143 children (127 natural, 7 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 3 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 79 (37 male householders (33 living alone)), 30 female householders (24 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person, 10 2-persons,
69 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (6 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 16.9% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |