Lamar township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Lamar township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Lamar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% 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: 2176
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 50
- South: 75
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 851
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Lamar township with a mortgage: 335 (50 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 275
- Construction (14%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lamar township:
- German (40.5%)
- United States or American (16.5%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.4%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
- English (4.8%)
- Italian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (23%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Canada (20%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
- Korea (13%)
- Mexico (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 971 (85%)
- Carpooled: 109 (10%)
- Walked: 27 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (2%)
- Worked at home: 22 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
90.7% of residents of Lamar township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
7.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,450- In family households: 2,256 (655 male householders, 77 female householders)
632 spouses, 772 children (692 natural, 38 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 29 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 194 (58 male householders (44 living alone)), 113 female householders (104 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 347 2-persons, 153 3-persons, 144 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 148 1-person, 23 2-persons,
498 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (31 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 78
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 24.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |