Wright township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Wright township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Wright township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4242
- Northeast: 748
- Midwest: 157
- South: 128
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
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
People in group quarters in Wright township, Pennsylvania:
- 169 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 4 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,876
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 46
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 53
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $625,000
Housing units in Wright township with a mortgage: 1,179 (71 second mortgage, 239 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 555
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wright township:
- Polish (26.3%)
- Italian (15.3%)
- German (12.3%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (6.4%)
- Welsh (4.3%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (18%)
- Poland (14%)
- Italy (9%)
- Canada (9%)
- South Africa (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- France (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,409 (88%)
- Carpooled: 236 (9%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 75 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Wright township, Pennsylvania:
- 169 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 4 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
93.4% of residents of Wright township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,415- In family households: 4,955 (1,431 male householders, 179 female householders)
1,426 spouses, 1,737 children (1,628 natural, 26 adopted, 83 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 25 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 460 (131 male householders (113 living alone)), 274 female householders (246 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 178 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 656 2-persons, 357 3-persons, 381 4-persons, 192 5-persons, 24 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 359 1-person, 46 2-persons,
1,154 married couples with children.
149 single-parent households (44 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 173
| Here: | 27.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 80
| Here: | 24.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 107
| Here: | 35.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |