Conyngham township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Conyngham township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Conyngham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1210
- Northeast: 75
- Midwest: 14
- South: 36
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 467
- One, attached: 60
- Two: 79
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 57
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Conyngham township with a mortgage: 148 (14 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 214
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (4%)
- Health care (35%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (17%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Conyngham township:
- Polish (25.8%)
- German (19.5%)
- Italian (12.3%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Slovak (6.9%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- English (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Italy (26%)
- Poland (19%)
- Romania (15%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Japan (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 496 (84%)
- Carpooled: 78 (13%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 2 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (67%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.8% of residents of Conyngham township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% don't speak English at all).
5.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,385- In family households: 1,148 (297 male householders, 94 female householders)
296 spouses, 376 children (352 natural, 10 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 15 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 237 (85 male householders (70 living alone)), 124 female householders (108 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 182 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 178 1-person, 31 2-persons,
187 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (15 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 11.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |