Slocum township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Slocum township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
82% of Slocum township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 91% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 998
- Northeast: 72
- Midwest: 8
- South: 9
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 392
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Slocum township with a mortgage: 161 (6 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 121
- Construction (14%)
- Food (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Slocum township:
- Polish (34.2%)
- German (18.7%)
- Welsh (6.7%)
- English (6.4%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.7%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (33%)
- Germany (33%)
- Lebanon (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 489 (83%)
- Carpooled: 84 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (4%)
95.6% of residents of Slocum township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,096- In family households: 976 (266 male householders, 60 female householders)
268 spouses, 327 children (290 natural, 22 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 12 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 120 (43 male householders (32 living alone)), 57 female householders (55 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
191 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (12 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 27.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |