Lenox township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Lenox township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Lenox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1457
- Northeast: 284
- Midwest: 11
- South: 30
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 695
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 212
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,000
Housing units in Lenox township with a mortgage: 149 (19 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Construction (18%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lenox township:
- German (19.1%)
- English (19.0%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- Polish (9.3%)
- Italian (7.7%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Welsh (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (34%)
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Germany (18%)
- Yugoslavia (8%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (8%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 692 (76%)
- Carpooled: 87 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (6%)
- Other means: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 64 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
97.3% of residents of Lenox township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,832- In family households: 1,597 (400 male householders, 120 female householders)
441 spouses, 554 children (513 natural, 19 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 16 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 235 (111 male householders (83 living alone)), 82 female householders (74 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 232 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 157 1-person, 31 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
332 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (30 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 37.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |