Lehman township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Lehman township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Lehman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2845
- Northeast: 204
- Midwest: 45
- South: 55
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $126,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Lehman township, Pennsylvania:
- 20 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,141
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 10
- Mobile homes: 171
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,100
Housing units in Lehman township with a mortgage: 497 (51 second mortgage, 124 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 324
- Construction (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lehman township:
- Polish (22.0%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- German (14.2%)
- English (8.7%)
- Welsh (6.3%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (32%)
- United Kingdom (24%)
- Ukraine (13%)
- Lebanon (13%)
- Cuba (11%)
- Brazil (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,231 (90%)
- Carpooled: 76 (6%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 40 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Lehman township, Pennsylvania:
- 20 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
95.3% of residents of Lehman township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,178- In family households: 2,824 (727 male householders, 206 female householders)
804 spouses, 903 children (812 natural, 46 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 34 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 354 (152 male householders (126 living alone)), 144 female householders (119 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (21 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 410 2-persons, 204 3-persons, 203 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 245 1-person, 44 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
575 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (28 men, 75 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
Here: | 6.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
Here: | 4.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
Here: | 12.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |