Lake township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (49% naturalized citizens)
Lake township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2590
- Northeast: 1415
- Midwest: 62
- South: 102
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $115,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
118 people in nursing homes
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,155
- One, attached: 121
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 27
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 19
- Mobile homes: 169
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,600
Housing units in Lake township with a mortgage: 638 (28 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 499
- Construction (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake township:
- German (23.4%)
- Irish (18.2%)
- Italian (16.5%)
- English (9.3%)
- Polish (7.4%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- European (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Colombia (16%)
- Greece (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- Ukraine (10%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Canada (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,437 (83%)
- Carpooled: 183 (11%)
- Railroad: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
118 people in nursing homes
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.9% of residents of Lake township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,220- In family households: 3,764 (887 male householders, 348 female householders)
977 spouses, 1,299 children (1,188 natural, 52 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 33 other relatives, 114 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 456 (156 male householders (121 living alone)), 230 female householders (198 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 141 (112 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 574 2-persons, 289 3-persons, 222 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 319 1-person, 67 2-persons,
717 married couples with children.
206 single-parent households (54 men, 152 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
Here: | 13.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
Here: | 13.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
Here: | 34.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |