Plains township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (59% naturalized citizens)
Plains township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Plains township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9885
- Northeast: 538
- Midwest: 44
- South: 152
- West: 106
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Plains township, Pennsylvania:
- 582 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,774
- One, attached: 644
- Two: 523
- 3 or 4: 254
- 5 to 9: 187
- 10 to 19: 74
- 20 to 49: 87
- 50 or more: 77
- Mobile homes: 372
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,800
Housing units in Plains township with a mortgage: 1,426 (92 second mortgage, 331 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,304
- Construction (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plains township:
- Polish (31.8%)
- Italian (18.6%)
- Irish (13.8%)
- German (6.0%)
- Slovak (5.5%)
- English (4.4%)
- Russian (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (28%)
- Italy (24%)
- Germany (9%)
- Russia (9%)
- Pakistan (8%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,092 (83%)
- Carpooled: 552 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 64 (1%)
- Walked: 155 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 89 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Plains township, Pennsylvania:
- 582 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
94.6% of residents of Plains township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,299- In family households: 8,388 (2,345 male householders, 540 female householders)
2,270 spouses, 2,667 children (2,477 natural, 27 adopted, 163 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 149 brothers or sisters, 127 parents, 78 other relatives, 86 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,911 (721 male householders (627 living alone)), 956 female householders (878 living alone)), 234 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 607 (592 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,346 2-persons, 743 3-persons, 526 4-persons, 192 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,505 1-person, 152 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
1,366 married couples with children.
422 single-parent households (116 men, 306 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 271
Here: | 27.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
Here: | 6.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 80
Here: | 31.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |