Fairview township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Fairview township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2998
- Northeast: 547
- Midwest: 172
- South: 143
- West: 50
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,283
- One, attached: 89
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 856 (98 second mortgage, 184 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 326
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- German (19.8%)
- Polish (17.8%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- Italian (12.7%)
- English (5.0%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- Slovak (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (46%)
- Pakistan (20%)
- Philippines (11%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,759 (91%)
- Carpooled: 127 (7%)
- Walked: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
95.5% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,995- In family households: 3,682 (978 male householders, 186 female householders)
994 spouses, 1,381 children (1,299 natural, 39 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 61 parents, 14 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 313 (126 male householders (116 living alone)), 158 female householders (146 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 489 2-persons, 259 3-persons, 268 4-persons, 110 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 262 1-person, 17 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
948 married couples with children.
160 single-parent households (32 men, 128 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 205
| Here: | 35.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 59
| Here: | 25.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 71
| Here: | 44.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |