Palmyra township, Pike County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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Land area: 34.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.3 sq. mi.
Population: 3,145 (all rural)

Males: 1,611	(51.2%)
Females: 1,534	(48.8%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 3,145 (2,667 owner occupied, 478 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	15%
State:	29%

Races in Palmyra township:

White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
Black: 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.2%
Two or more races: 0.9%
Some other race: 0.2%

Median age of males: 44.3
Median age of females: 45.8

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Average household size: 2.36

Palmyra township:	2.4 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Average family size: 2.79

Estimated median household income in 2008: $23,214 ($18,359 in 1999)

This township:	$23,214
Pennsylvania:	$50,713

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $200 (lower quartile is $129, upper quartile is $301)

Here:	$200
State:	$584

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $61,984 (it was $36,700 in 2000)

Palmyra township:	$61,984
Pennsylvania:	$164,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $29,238 - $86,830

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $94,025
Here: $94,025
State: $226,884

Mobile homes: $31,304
Here: $31,304
State: $35,442

Population density: 91 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	24.3%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	1.9%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)

Palmyra township:	0.1%
State:	4.1%

60% of Palmyra township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.

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

This state: 113
Northeast: 4
Midwest: 32
South: 42
West: 13

Palmyra township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 86
Mobile homes: 27
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800

Housing units in Palmyra township with a mortgage: 3 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2
1995 to 1998: 8
1990 to 1994: 2
1980 to 1989: 24
1970 to 1979: 22
1960 to 1969: 17
1950 to 1959: 15
1940 to 1949: 10
1939 or earlier: 20

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Palmyra township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 2 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 23 5 rooms: 29 6 rooms: 14 7 rooms: 4 8 rooms: 6 9 or more rooms: 0

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

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Palmyra township:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 2 2 bedrooms: 41 3 bedrooms: 22 4 bedrooms: 11 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Palmyra township:
	no bedroom: 4 1 bedroom: 0 2 bedrooms: 2 3 bedrooms: 2 4 bedrooms: 0 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Palmyra township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 27 2 vehicles: 34 3 vehicles: 13 4 vehicles: 4 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Wood products (26%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
Construction (13%)
Truck transportation (13%)
Plastics and rubber products (8%)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (15%)
Apparel (11%)
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (11%)
Food and beverage stores (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Wood products (7%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (26%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (21%)
Farmers and farm managers (13%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Engineers (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Palmyra township:

United States or American (32.6%)
German (18.6%)
Dutch (12.4%)
Irish (7.8%)
Scotch-Irish (5.4%)
English (4.7%)
French (except Basque) (4.7%)

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

Germany (100%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 48 (74%)
Carpooled: 10 (15%)
Other means: 2 (3%)
Worked at home: 5 (8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%) Wood (42%) Electricity (9%)

97.9% of residents of Palmyra township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 206

In family households: 180 (66 male householders, 1 female householders)
59 spouses, 52 children (46 natural, 4 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 26 (21 male householders (17 living alone)), 1 female householders (1 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 42 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person, 4 2-persons.

493 married couples with children.
143 single-parent households (57 men, 86 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5

Here:	27.8%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

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

Here:	33.3%
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 Palmyra township:

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