Dorrance township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Dorrance township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Dorrance 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, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1852
- Northeast: 144
- Midwest: 38
- South: 49
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 706
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,000
Housing units in Dorrance township with a mortgage: 318 (22 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 168
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dorrance township:
- Polish (24.1%)
- German (21.2%)
- Italian (9.0%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.7%)
- English (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (30%)
- Canada (30%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Italy (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 851 (81%)
- Carpooled: 128 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 46 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Coal or coke (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (5%)
97.1% of residents of Dorrance township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,110- In family households: 1,951 (530 male householders, 100 female householders)
558 spouses, 688 children (627 natural, 6 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 16 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (73 male householders (68 living alone)), 77 female householders (75 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 267 2-persons, 143 3-persons, 149 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 6 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
445 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (15 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here: | 11.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 6.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
Here: | 35.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |