Thornhurst township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Thornhurst township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
52% of Thornhurst township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 523
- Northeast: 190
- Midwest: 9
- South: 33
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 533
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Thornhurst township with a mortgage: 195 (12 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Construction (22%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Thornhurst township:
- Polish (18.8%)
- German (16.3%)
- Irish (16.0%)
- Italian (16.0%)
- English (6.4%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- Welsh (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Malaysia (22%)
- Canada (22%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Bolivia (17%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Guatemala (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 308 (80%)
- Carpooled: 53 (14%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Wood (3%)
96.4% of residents of Thornhurst township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 785- In family households: 667 (180 male householders, 45 female householders)
187 spouses, 219 children (212 natural, 5 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 3 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 118 (53 male householders (41 living alone)), 36 female householders (22 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
157 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (12 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |