Jenkins township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jenkins township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Jenkins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% 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: 4146
- Northeast: 251
- Midwest: 7
- South: 66
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
328 people in nursing homes
3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,118
- One, attached: 60
- Two: 116
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 9
- 50 or more: 108
- Mobile homes: 385
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Jenkins township with a mortgage: 554 (41 second mortgage, 101 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 459
- Health care (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jenkins township:
- Italian (23.8%)
- Polish (20.1%)
- Irish (17.5%)
- Slovak (7.2%)
- German (6.7%)
- Lithuanian (5.9%)
- English (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (24%)
- Italy (22%)
- Lebanon (18%)
- Poland (12%)
- Dominican Republic (11%)
- France (8%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,804 (90%)
- Carpooled: 159 (8%)
- Walked: 10 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 23 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Wood (1%)
328 people in nursing homes
3 people in religious group quarters
92.8% of residents of Jenkins township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,252- In family households: 3,663 (1,013 male householders, 162 female householders)
964 spouses, 1,336 children (1,284 natural, 44 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 12 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 589 (186 male householders (177 living alone)), 342 female householders (297 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 332 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 467 2-persons, 277 3-persons, 261 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 474 1-person, 45 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
666 married couples with children.
189 single-parent households (70 men, 119 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 125
| Here: | 25.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 103
| Here: | 44.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 16.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |