Jefferson township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3183
- Northeast: 171
- Midwest: 57
- South: 114
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
22 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,268
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 194
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,200
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 611 (110 second mortgage, 69 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 292
- Construction (13%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Customer service representatives (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (21.8%)
- Irish (18.8%)
- Italian (14.4%)
- Polish (12.6%)
- English (6.2%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Slovak (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (34%)
- Canada (34%)
- Philippines (31%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,465 (79%)
- Carpooled: 308 (17%)
- Walked: 35 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
22 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.8% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (19% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 58% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,570- In family households: 3,246 (902 male householders, 141 female householders)
947 spouses, 1,107 children (1,048 natural, 24 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 69 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 324 (142 male householders (109 living alone)), 139 female householders (133 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 386 2-persons, 273 3-persons, 254 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 35 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 242 1-person, 39 2-persons,
688 married couples with children.
126 single-parent households (47 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 16.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 50
| Here: | 44.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |