Tobyhanna township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Tobyhanna township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
53% of Tobyhanna township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2933
- Northeast: 2495
- Midwest: 129
- South: 153
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $100,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,030
- One, attached: 36
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 9
- 50 or more: 13
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Tobyhanna township with a mortgage: 1,296 (156 second mortgage, 144 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 602
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tobyhanna township:
- German (23.2%)
- Irish (20.4%)
- Italian (18.0%)
- English (4.9%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- United States or American (2.3%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (21%)
- Haiti (14%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (9%)
- Jamaica (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
- France (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,004 (78%)
- Carpooled: 275 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 87 (3%)
- Walked: 59 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 125 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
90.9% of residents of Tobyhanna township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,143- In family households: 5,362 (1,236 male householders, 497 female householders)
1,423 spouses, 1,792 children (1,631 natural, 34 adopted, 127 stepchildren), 110 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 62 other relatives, 183 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 781 (388 male householders (282 living alone)), 285 female householders (268 living alone)), 108 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 807 2-persons, 343 3-persons, 344 4-persons, 171 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 550 1-person, 111 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
1,034 married couples with children.
331 single-parent households (75 men, 256 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 59
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |