Hollenback township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Hollenback township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Hollenback township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1105
- Northeast: 84
- Midwest: 22
- South: 17
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
15 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 395
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,400
Housing units in Hollenback township with a mortgage: 150 (19 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hollenback township:
- German (26.0%)
- Polish (16.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.3%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- English (6.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 474 (80%)
- Carpooled: 72 (12%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
15 people in other group homes
98.1% of residents of Hollenback township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,229- In family households: 1,129 (309 male householders, 44 female householders)
310 spouses, 420 children (390 natural, 9 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 13 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 100 (40 male householders (29 living alone)), 42 female householders (38 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 138 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
260 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (16 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
Here: | 10.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 5.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 12.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |