Luzerne township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Luzerne township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Luzerne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4135
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 145
- South: 272
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,610
- One, attached: 213
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 178
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in Luzerne township with a mortgage: 694 (99 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 579
- Public administration (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Luzerne township:
- Italian (18.5%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- German (13.2%)
- Slovak (8.5%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- English (6.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (67%)
- Italy (17%)
- Poland (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,602 (87%)
- Carpooled: 188 (10%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.0% of residents of Luzerne township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,668- In family households: 4,067 (1,052 male householders, 300 female householders)
1,059 spouses, 1,347 children (1,186 natural, 45 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 73 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 57 other relatives, 105 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 601 (198 male householders (164 living alone)), 362 female householders (349 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 604 2-persons, 366 3-persons, 214 4-persons, 117 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 513 1-person, 47 2-persons,
630 married couples with children.
231 single-parent households (36 men, 195 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 79
| Here: | 17.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 16.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |