Shamokin township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Shamokin township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Shamokin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2018
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 9
- South: 45
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 790
- One, attached: 17
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 83
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,000
Housing units in Shamokin township with a mortgage: 349 (27 second mortgage, 63 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 207
- Construction (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shamokin township:
- German (29.1%)
- Polish (15.6%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- Dutch (9.2%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- English (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (65%)
- Korea (35%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 891 (87%)
- Carpooled: 85 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.2% of residents of Shamokin township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,159- In family households: 1,926 (550 male householders, 98 female householders)
605 spouses, 634 children (605 natural, 6 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 15 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 233 (102 male householders (87 living alone)), 107 female householders (98 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 295 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 24 2-persons,
385 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (30 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 17.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |