Huntington township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Huntington township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Huntington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1750
- Northeast: 175
- Midwest: 35
- South: 84
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
67 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 738
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 4
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 121
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,000
Housing units in Huntington township with a mortgage: 270 (21 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 150
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Huntington township:
- German (25.1%)
- Polish (18.1%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- English (9.8%)
- Italian (8.5%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Colombia (14%)
- Polynesia (9%)
- Cuba (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 767 (84%)
- Carpooled: 91 (10%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
67 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Huntington township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,032- In family households: 1,811 (491 male householders, 108 female householders)
504 spouses, 606 children (573 natural, 9 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 19 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 221 (99 male householders (83 living alone)), 82 female householders (70 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 66 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 292 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 153 1-person, 25 2-persons, 1 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
380 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (23 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |