South Abington township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (50% naturalized citizens)
| South Abington township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of South Abington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6276
- Northeast: 933
- Midwest: 521
- South: 328
- West: 164
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in South Abington township, Pennsylvania:
- 480 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 167 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,374
- One, attached: 167
- Two: 64
- 3 or 4: 126
- 5 to 9: 138
- 10 to 19: 122
- 20 to 49: 20
- 50 or more: 30
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in South Abington township with a mortgage: 1,576 (108 second mortgage, 224 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 589
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (23%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Abington township:
- Italian (21.9%)
- Irish (17.8%)
- German (12.8%)
- English (7.6%)
- Polish (7.2%)
- Welsh (5.3%)
- Lithuanian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Iran (22%)
- India (19%)
- Canada (14%)
- Germany (5%)
- Italy (5%)
- Greece (4%)
- Ireland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,504 (84%)
- Carpooled: 386 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 103 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 145 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in South Abington township, Pennsylvania:
- 480 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 167 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.2% of residents of South Abington township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (31% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,022- In family households: 7,228 (1,999 male householders, 257 female householders)
2,103 spouses, 2,596 children (2,495 natural, 72 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 51 brothers or sisters, 88 parents, 35 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 794 (295 male householders (259 living alone)), 404 female householders (360 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 683 (173 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 890 2-persons, 492 3-persons, 576 4-persons, 194 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 619 1-person, 65 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
1,965 married couples with children.
192 single-parent households (31 men, 161 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 227
| Here: | 20.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 75
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 628
| Here: | 84.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |