Foster township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Foster township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
30% of Foster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 4% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 719
- Northeast: 173
- Midwest: 0
- South: 51
- West: 173
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: 1.0% of all households
856 people in federal prisons and detention centers
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 68
- One, attached: 39
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Foster township with a mortgage: 38 (4 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Construction (28%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Health care (28%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (19%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (14%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Foster township:
- United States or American (21.8%)
- Polish (15.6%)
- German (11.4%)
- Dutch (10.0%)
- Lithuanian (8.5%)
- Ukrainian (6.6%)
- Irish (6.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 103 (94%)
- Carpooled: 2 (2%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 3 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Coal or coke (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
856 people in federal prisons and detention centers
83.8% of residents of Foster township speak English at home.
13.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 66% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 301- In family households: 280 (66 male householders, 15 female householders)
57 spouses, 107 children (107 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 4 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (10 male householders (10 living alone)), 10 female householders (8 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 827 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 26 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person, 2 2-persons,
44 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (3 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 21.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |