Caernarvon township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Caernarvon township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Caernarvon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3843
- Northeast: 203
- Midwest: 72
- South: 94
- West: 32
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
109 people in nursing homes
24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,084
- One, attached: 48
- Two: 27
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 138
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in Caernarvon township with a mortgage: 406 (31 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 349
- Construction (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Caernarvon township:
- German (43.7%)
- United States or American (18.4%)
- Swiss (7.1%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- English (5.8%)
- European (2.7%)
- Italian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (47%)
- Germany (21%)
- Colombia (18%)
- Russia (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,401 (68%)
- Carpooled: 312 (15%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 58 (3%)
- Walked: 69 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 202 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (8%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
109 people in nursing homes
24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
79.0% of residents of Caernarvon township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English well, 47% speak English not well).
20.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,143- In family households: 3,932 (998 male householders, 106 female householders)
996 spouses, 1,660 children (1,613 natural, 19 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 49 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 29 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 211 (87 male householders (78 living alone)), 91 female householders (74 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 135 (81 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 391 2-persons, 217 3-persons, 223 4-persons, 128 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 87 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 26 2-persons,
1,228 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (30 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 371
| Here: | 59.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 105
| Here: | 37.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 42.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |