Lurgan township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (31% naturalized citizens)
Lurgan township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of Lurgan 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, 86% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1797
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 37
- South: 117
- West: 16
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 629
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 4
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 106
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Lurgan township with a mortgage: 211 (18 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lurgan township:
- German (44.1%)
- United States or American (20.6%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
- English (3.6%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Austria (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 729 (72%)
- Carpooled: 131 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (4%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 93 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Wood (21%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
89.6% of residents of Lurgan township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 53% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
8.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,014- In family households: 1,835 (528 male householders, 46 female householders)
531 spouses, 653 children (619 natural, 4 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 10 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 179 (83 male householders (64 living alone)), 64 female householders (52 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 25 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
469 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (27 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 74
Here: | 31.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 11.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 19.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |