Hanover township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Hanover township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Hanover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10341
- Northeast: 574
- Midwest: 100
- South: 167
- West: 74
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
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
People in group quarters in Hanover township, Pennsylvania:
- 96 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,159
- One, attached: 594
- Two: 460
- 3 or 4: 411
- 5 to 9: 215
- 10 to 19: 106
- 20 to 49: 36
- 50 or more: 236
- Mobile homes: 106
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,200
Housing units in Hanover township with a mortgage: 1,483 (90 second mortgage, 207 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,465
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hanover township:
- Polish (29.3%)
- Irish (18.7%)
- Italian (8.6%)
- German (7.8%)
- Lithuanian (4.8%)
- Welsh (3.8%)
- Slovak (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (23%)
- Mexico (22%)
- Dominican Republic (15%)
- Germany (10%)
- Korea (8%)
- Israel (7%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,042 (82%)
- Carpooled: 531 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 67 (1%)
- Walked: 148 (3%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 97 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Hanover township, Pennsylvania:
- 96 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
95.6% of residents of Hanover township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,334- In family households: 9,332 (2,379 male householders, 801 female householders)
2,361 spouses, 3,299 children (3,034 natural, 133 adopted, 132 stepchildren), 155 grandchildren, 57 brothers or sisters, 63 parents, 75 other relatives, 142 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,002 (689 male householders (589 living alone)), 1,109 female householders (1,052 living alone)), 204 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 128 (98 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,482 2-persons, 811 3-persons, 587 4-persons, 208 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,641 1-person, 128 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
1,542 married couples with children.
801 single-parent households (140 men, 661 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 197
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 185
| Here: | 35.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |