Exeter township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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Land area: 12.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 2,557 (2% urban, 98% rural)

Males: 1,285	(50.3%)
Females: 1,272	(49.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 2,557 (2,373 owner occupied, 184 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	7%
State:	29%

Races in Exeter township:

White Non-Hispanic: 99.3%
Black: 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
Asian: 0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.4%
Two or more races: 0.0%

Median age of males: 38.5
Median age of females: 39.1

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Average household size: 2.71

Exeter township:	2.7 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Average family size: 3.10

Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,970 ($43,600 in 1999)

This township:	$53,970
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $498 (lower quartile is $474, upper quartile is $572)

Here:	$498
State:	$555

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $143,929 (it was $107,400 in 2000)

Exeter township:	$143,929
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $111,357 - $201,524

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $177,510
Here: $177,510
State: $224,371

Townhouses or other attached units: $40,704
Here: $40,704
State: $160,289

In 2-unit structures: $136,076
Here: $136,076
State: $153,822

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $3,587
Here: $3,587
State: $211,072

Mobile homes: $53,317
Here: $53,317
State: $35,442

Population density: 198 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	6.1%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	1.3%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 32 (50% naturalized citizens)

Exeter township:	1.3%
State:	4.1%

79% of Exeter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Pennsylvania.

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

This state: 2245
Northeast: 158
Midwest: 44
South: 47
West: 16

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $115,600

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 879
One, attached: 10
Two: 17
3 or 4: 6
5 to 9: 6
50 or more: 4
Mobile homes: 116

Median worth of mobile homes: $43,800

Housing units in Exeter township with a mortgage: 433 (34 second mortgage, 106 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 229

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 17
1995 to 1998: 29
1990 to 1994: 92
1980 to 1989: 84
1970 to 1979: 305
1960 to 1969: 90
1950 to 1959: 95
1940 to 1949: 86
1939 or earlier: 240

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Exeter township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 5 3 rooms: 18 4 rooms: 65 5 rooms: 136 6 rooms: 236 7 rooms: 215 8 rooms: 102 9 or more rooms: 83

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Exeter township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 35 5 rooms: 11 6 rooms: 25 7 rooms: 6 8 rooms: 0 9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Exeter township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 19 2 bedrooms: 159 3 bedrooms: 555 4 bedrooms: 100 5 or more bedrooms: 27

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Exeter township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 6 2 bedrooms: 40 3 bedrooms: 31 4 bedrooms: 6 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Exeter township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 16 1 vehicle: 197 2 vehicles: 420 3 vehicles: 150 4 vehicles: 60 5 or more vehicles: 17

Cars and other vehicles available in Exeter township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 12 1 vehicle: 23 2 vehicles: 26 3 vehicles: 22 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (14%)
Health care (6%)
Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (18%)
Educational services (13%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Cashiers (6%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Exeter township:

Polish (22.8%)
Italian (18.0%)
Irish (14.3%)
German (10.8%)
English (7.9%)
Slovak (4.9%)
Welsh (3.9%)

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

Other South Eastern Asia (34%)
Taiwan (28%)
Philippines (19%)
Canada (19%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,120 (87%)
Carpooled: 114 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
Walked: 18 (1%)
Other means: 9 (1%)
Worked at home: 19 (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%) Electricity (22%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%) Coal or coke (10%) Utility gas (9%) Wood (3%)

97.2% of residents of Exeter township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,557

In family households: 2,319 (616 male householders, 118 female householders)
660 spouses, 839 children (786 natural, 25 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 14 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 238 (126 male householders (93 living alone)), 82 female householders (82 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 275 2-persons, 189 3-persons, 179 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 175 1-person, 33 2-persons.

515 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (29 men, 33 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25

Here:	8.1%
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: 26

Here:	31.0%
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 Exeter township:

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