East Lackawannock township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| East Lackawannock township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of East Lackawannock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1453
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 100
- South: 91
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
76 people in nursing homes
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 491
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 77
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,300
Housing units in East Lackawannock township with a mortgage: 199 (12 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 120
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Lackawannock township:
- German (34.7%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (12.0%)
- Italian (7.8%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (67%)
- Italy (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 597 (82%)
- Carpooled: 63 (9%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
76 people in nursing homes
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
88.6% of residents of East Lackawannock township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English well, 53% speak English not well).
10.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,615- In family households: 1,472 (424 male householders, 43 female householders)
412 spouses, 529 children (485 natural, 8 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 16 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 143 (64 male householders (49 living alone)), 57 female householders (54 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 86 (79 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 213 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 14 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
391 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (14 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 66
| Here: | 33.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 31.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |