Dennison township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
Dennison township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Dennison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 762
- Northeast: 90
- Midwest: 21
- South: 22
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 405
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 59
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,500
Housing units in Dennison township with a mortgage: 143 (7 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Construction (14%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dennison township:
- German (23.0%)
- Irish (14.9%)
- Polish (13.5%)
- Italian (13.3%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Slovak (4.8%)
- English (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Philippines (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 355 (77%)
- Carpooled: 69 (15%)
- Other means: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 25 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.5% of residents of Dennison township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 907- In family households: 761 (205 male householders, 38 female householders)
194 spouses, 263 children (246 natural, 5 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 9 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (68 male householders (53 living alone)), 56 female householders (52 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 105 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 18 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
142 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (14 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 18.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 2.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 30.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |