East Cocalico township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (37% naturalized citizens)
| East Cocalico township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of East Cocalico township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8182
- Northeast: 600
- Midwest: 192
- South: 411
- West: 86
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $79,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
191 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,804
- One, attached: 152
- Two: 129
- 3 or 4: 66
- 5 to 9: 50
- 10 to 19: 19
- Mobile homes: 337
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,000
Housing units in East Cocalico township with a mortgage: 1,572 (149 second mortgage, 219 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 735
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Cocalico township:
- German (45.2%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- English (3.6%)
- Swiss (3.3%)
- Polish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ukraine (15%)
- Thailand (11%)
- Laos (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Canada (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Russia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,969 (81%)
- Carpooled: 493 (10%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 46 (1%)
- Walked: 75 (2%)
- Other means: 20 (0%)
- Worked at home: 257 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
191 people in nursing homes
90.0% of residents of East Cocalico township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,763- In family households: 8,996 (2,488 male householders, 285 female householders)
2,536 spouses, 3,260 children (2,952 natural, 103 adopted, 205 stepchildren), 139 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 41 parents, 82 other relatives, 137 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 767 (362 male householders (312 living alone)), 325 female householders (287 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 191 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,195 2-persons, 606 3-persons, 528 4-persons, 260 5-persons, 105 6-persons, 79 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 599 1-person, 88 2-persons,
2,399 married couples with children.
268 single-parent households (86 men, 182 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 162
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 38
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48
| Here: | 44.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |