Dallas township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Dallas township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of Dallas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6445
- Northeast: 822
- Midwest: 312
- South: 276
- West: 83
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $54,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Dallas township, Pennsylvania:
- 486 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 366 people in nursing homes
- 41 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 14 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,277
- One, attached: 108
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 57
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 28
- 20 to 49: 80
- 50 or more: 193
- Mobile homes: 291
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,800
Housing units in Dallas township with a mortgage: 1,340 (140 second mortgage, 308 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 628
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (18%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dallas township:
- German (17.7%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- Italian (13.9%)
- Polish (13.1%)
- English (7.4%)
- Welsh (5.3%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Germany (13%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- Iran (7%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Austria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,982 (84%)
- Carpooled: 283 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 142 (4%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 119 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
People in group quarters in Dallas township, Pennsylvania:
- 486 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 366 people in nursing homes
- 41 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 14 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.4% of residents of Dallas township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,263- In family households: 6,165 (1,631 male householders, 381 female householders)
1,814 spouses, 2,134 children (2,031 natural, 10 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 68 parents, 17 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,098 (303 male householders (247 living alone)), 595 female householders (526 living alone)), 200 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 916 (320 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 896 2-persons, 438 3-persons, 433 4-persons, 190 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 773 1-person, 77 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 11 6-persons,
1,435 married couples with children.
208 single-parent households (63 men, 145 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 158
| Here: | 19.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 74
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 582
| Here: | 76.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |