Hunlock township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
Hunlock township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Hunlock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2309
- Northeast: 141
- Midwest: 12
- South: 65
- West: 17
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 857
- Two: 8
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 117
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Hunlock township with a mortgage: 369 (48 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 278
- Construction (14%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hunlock township:
- German (21.0%)
- Polish (19.8%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (8.9%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- Panama (27%)
- Korea (20%)
- Philippines (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 895 (82%)
- Carpooled: 132 (12%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.9% of residents of Hunlock township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,568- In family households: 2,324 (608 male householders, 136 female householders)
631 spouses, 799 children (722 natural, 26 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 39 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 244 (124 male householders (101 living alone)), 77 female householders (69 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 328 2-persons, 158 3-persons, 157 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 170 1-person, 25 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
487 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (14 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 7.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
Here: | 9.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
Here: | 15.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |