Foster township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Foster township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Foster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2847
- Northeast: 394
- Midwest: 12
- South: 78
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
272 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
2 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,171
- One, attached: 275
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 20
- Mobile homes: 162
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Foster township with a mortgage: 495 (44 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 443
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Foster township:
- Polish (17.9%)
- Italian (15.1%)
- German (12.8%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Slovak (9.3%)
- English (4.6%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hungary (59%)
- Mexico (22%)
- Germany (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,168 (84%)
- Carpooled: 168 (12%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (2%)
272 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
2 people in other workers' dormitories
96.3% of residents of Foster township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,122- In family households: 2,661 (724 male householders, 189 female householders)
752 spouses, 828 children (748 natural, 69 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 54 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 461 (212 male householders (165 living alone)), 188 female householders (177 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 274 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 446 2-persons, 208 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 342 1-person, 58 2-persons,
485 married couples with children.
113 single-parent households (44 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 97
Here: | 29.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
Here: | 13.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 31
Here: | 29.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |