Tunkhannock township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Tunkhannock township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of Tunkhannock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3189
- Northeast: 640
- Midwest: 113
- South: 250
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
120 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,361
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 26
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 332
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Tunkhannock township with a mortgage: 745 (79 second mortgage, 100 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 284
- Paper (16%)
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tunkhannock township:
- German (27.9%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Polish (11.8%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- Welsh (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (20%)
- Cuba (20%)
- Other South America (13%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Canada (10%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Poland (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,561 (81%)
- Carpooled: 232 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 75 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (8%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
120 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Tunkhannock township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,177- In family households: 3,644 (1,000 male householders, 218 female householders)
1,032 spouses, 1,258 children (1,173 natural, 10 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 24 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 533 (218 male householders (183 living alone)), 201 female householders (157 living alone)), 114 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 121 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 540 2-persons, 257 3-persons, 284 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 340 1-person, 67 2-persons, 6 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
790 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (60 men, 136 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 34.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |