Brecknock township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Brecknock township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Brecknock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% 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: 5850
- Northeast: 236
- Midwest: 78
- South: 181
- West: 46
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,735
- One, attached: 168
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 37
- Mobile homes: 139
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,500
Housing units in Brecknock township with a mortgage: 923 (80 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 576
- Construction (18%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brecknock township:
- German (38.2%)
- United States or American (21.0%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Swiss (6.9%)
- Russian (2.8%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- English (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (31%)
- Ukraine (15%)
- Germany (11%)
- Laos (10%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (7%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,471 (78%)
- Carpooled: 433 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 63 (2%)
- Walked: 41 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 140 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
81.8% of residents of Brecknock township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
16.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,699- In family households: 6,324 (1,661 male householders, 128 female householders)
1,637 spouses, 2,602 children (2,443 natural, 88 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 51 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 47 other relatives, 112 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 375 (194 male householders (157 living alone)), 131 female householders (123 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 670 2-persons, 357 3-persons, 381 4-persons, 198 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 110 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 280 1-person, 34 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
1,945 married couples with children.
171 single-parent households (68 men, 103 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 415
| Here: | 39.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 62
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 39.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |