Rice township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (87% naturalized citizens)
Rice township: | 4.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Rice township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1953
- Northeast: 220
- Midwest: 53
- South: 76
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 684
- One, attached: 105
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 16
- Mobile homes: 137
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Rice township with a mortgage: 531 (44 second mortgage, 100 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rice township:
- Polish (24.7%)
- Italian (12.7%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- German (10.9%)
- English (10.1%)
- Welsh (3.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (48%)
- Colombia (12%)
- India (11%)
- Korea (8%)
- Laos (8%)
- Other Eastern Africa (7%)
- France (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,107 (86%)
- Carpooled: 136 (11%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
92.6% of residents of Rice township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 45% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,460- In family households: 2,228 (634 male householders, 69 female householders)
653 spouses, 773 children (722 natural, 9 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 33 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 232 (88 male householders (76 living alone)), 118 female householders (104 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 270 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 169 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 180 1-person, 26 2-persons,
550 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (18 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
Here: | 14.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
Here: | 34.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
Here: | 33.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |