North Abington township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (67% naturalized citizens)
| North Abington township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
88% of North Abington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 554
- Northeast: 100
- Midwest: 27
- South: 22
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
63 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 263
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 4
Housing units in North Abington township with a mortgage: 110 (8 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 74
- Health care (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Physicians and surgeons (12%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Abington township:
- Irish (18.4%)
- Italian (17.1%)
- German (12.8%)
- English (7.8%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- Lithuanian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (71%)
- South Africa (17%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 249 (84%)
- Carpooled: 22 (7%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
63 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
92.5% of residents of North Abington township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 694- In family households: 650 (169 male householders, 31 female householders)
179 spouses, 255 children (242 natural, 7 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 44 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person,
167 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (7 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 24.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 68.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |