Bear Creek township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Bear Creek township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Bear Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2226
- Northeast: 181
- Midwest: 20
- South: 66
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
27 people in nursing homes
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,141
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 16
- Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,000
Housing units in Bear Creek township with a mortgage: 494 (25 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 357
- Construction (24%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bear Creek township:
- Polish (24.0%)
- Italian (17.4%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- German (9.8%)
- English (6.7%)
- Welsh (5.6%)
- Slovak (5.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (23%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Germany (13%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Italy (10%)
- Poland (8%)
- Panama (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,089 (88%)
- Carpooled: 138 (11%)
- Worked at home: 13 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Wood (2%)
27 people in nursing homes
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.3% of residents of Bear Creek township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,539- In family households: 2,274 (612 male householders, 150 female householders)
649 spouses, 755 children (682 natural, 30 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 27 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 265 (138 male householders (118 living alone)), 96 female householders (85 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (22 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 362 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 203 1-person, 31 2-persons,
454 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (30 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
| Here: | 43.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |