Covington township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Covington township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Covington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1674
- Northeast: 200
- Midwest: 23
- South: 43
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 683
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 28
- Mobile homes: 74
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Covington township with a mortgage: 295 (22 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Covington township:
- Italian (19.2%)
- German (18.0%)
- Polish (12.0%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (8.2%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- Welsh (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (24%)
- Germany (12%)
- Ukraine (12%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (9%)
- Turkey (9%)
- Mexico (9%)
- France (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 797 (83%)
- Carpooled: 109 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 27 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.9% of residents of Covington township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,994- In family households: 1,772 (422 male householders, 140 female householders)
445 spouses, 651 children (625 natural, 15 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 27 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 222 (84 male householders (63 living alone)), 94 female householders (83 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 225 2-persons, 134 3-persons, 128 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 146 1-person, 24 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
361 married couples with children.
97 single-parent households (25 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 24.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |