Ross township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ross township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2344
- Northeast: 200
- Midwest: 39
- South: 63
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,019
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 176
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,800
Housing units in Ross township with a mortgage: 400 (46 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Construction (18%)
- Paper (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Plant and system operators (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ross township:
- Polish (23.8%)
- German (15.2%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Welsh (6.9%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Lithuanian (6.2%)
- Italian (6.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (42%)
- Italy (23%)
- Korea (19%)
- Other Eastern Europe (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,073 (85%)
- Carpooled: 108 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 52 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (8%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.6% of residents of Ross township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,742- In family households: 2,440 (644 male householders, 133 female householders)
634 spouses, 930 children (877 natural, 21 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 10 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 302 (130 male householders (109 living alone)), 134 female householders (122 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 305 2-persons, 165 3-persons, 212 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 231 1-person, 33 2-persons,
576 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (34 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 40.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |