FAMILIES: There are all kinds of families making all kinds of homes for themselves.

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania talked a little bit about what households look like in this day in age in its January/February newsletter.

The newsletter focused on some of the more nontraditional households using data from the 2015 American Community Survey, Public Use Microdata Sample, which indicated that 7 percent of households fall under the category of “unmarried partner households.”

What does “unmarried partner households” mean?

“According to the Census Bureau, unmarried partner households are households where the partners are not married but have a close and personal relationship that goes beyond sharing household expenses,” the newsletter reads. “Unmarried partner households can be opposite-sex couple households or same-sex couple households.”

We’re going to share just the statistics of unmarried partner households from rural communities:

• 96 percent were opposite-sex, while 4 percent were same-sex

• average household size: 2.9 persons

• 41 percent of households had children (anyone under 18-years-old)

• average age of unmarried partners: 39.6

• 96 percent of partners were white, while 4 percent were non-white

• about 18 percent have a bachelor’s degree or higher

• 57 percent have never been married

• median household income: $59,075

• 23 percent had household incomes below the poverty line

• 74 percent were employed, 6 percent were unemployed, and 20 percent were not in the labor force

• 53 percent lived in their own home, and 47 percent were renters

• 14 of renters paid more than half their income for rent

We’re not sure how you can use these statistics in your daily life, but for some reason the “Sesame Street” song “Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood” played in our head while we were typing.