Newton township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Newton township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Newton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2215
- Northeast: 300
- Midwest: 71
- South: 43
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $158,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
225 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 834
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 24
- Mobile homes: 51
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Newton township with a mortgage: 363 (50 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 265
- Health care (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newton township:
- German (21.7%)
- Irish (15.1%)
- Italian (14.8%)
- Polish (12.9%)
- English (8.3%)
- Welsh (4.7%)
- Ukrainian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (21%)
- Philippines (18%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Ireland (15%)
- France (12%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (12%)
- India (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 982 (81%)
- Carpooled: 130 (11%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
225 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
96.4% of residents of Newton township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,477- In family households: 2,267 (632 male householders, 79 female householders)
642 spouses, 794 children (728 natural, 44 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 20 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 210 (95 male householders (74 living alone)), 91 female householders (86 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 221 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 292 2-persons, 157 3-persons, 157 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 160 1-person, 26 2-persons,
528 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (27 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 36.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |