Buck township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Buck township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Buck township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 325
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 8
- South: 24
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 214
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,000
Housing units in Buck township with a mortgage: 60 (2 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Construction (20%)
- Repair and maintenance (20%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Woodworkers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buck township:
- Polish (21.2%)
- German (16.6%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- Italian (12.3%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Russian (4.9%)
- English (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 146 (75%)
- Carpooled: 35 (18%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (4%)
- Worked at home: 3 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Coal or coke (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.8% of residents of Buck township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 397- In family households: 363 (88 male householders, 29 female householders)
94 spouses, 130 children (122 natural, 2 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 17 female householders (12 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 26 1-person, 5 2-persons,
69 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (9 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Here: | 2.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 2.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 33.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |