Fairmount township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
Fairmount township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Fairmount township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1073
- Northeast: 92
- Midwest: 21
- South: 14
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 498
- One, attached: 11
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Fairmount township with a mortgage: 142 (10 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Construction (28%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairmount township:
- Polish (22.4%)
- German (21.9%)
- English (9.2%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- Slovak (4.7%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- Italian (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- Cambodia (40%)
- Philippines (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 501 (85%)
- Carpooled: 49 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Wood (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Utility gas (3%)
96.5% of residents of Fairmount township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,226- In family households: 1,076 (296 male householders, 54 female householders)
293 spouses, 377 children (357 natural, 8 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 5 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (81 male householders (70 living alone)), 54 female householders (51 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
228 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (18 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 5.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 37.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |