Clifton township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Clifton township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Clifton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 664
- Northeast: 369
- Midwest: 14
- South: 27
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $100,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 899
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 130
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Clifton township with a mortgage: 193 (15 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clifton township:
- German (24.6%)
- Irish (15.8%)
- Polish (14.5%)
- Italian (14.1%)
- English (3.6%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Welsh (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Germany (8%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- France (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 412 (78%)
- Carpooled: 93 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
93.2% of residents of Clifton township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,152- In family households: 1,036 (277 male householders, 80 female householders)
302 spouses, 305 children (275 natural, 6 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 8 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 116 (57 male householders (40 living alone)), 40 female householders (40 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 17 2-persons,
173 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (10 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 12.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 36.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |