East Donegal township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| East Donegal township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
55% of East Donegal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% 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: 4429
- Northeast: 439
- Midwest: 128
- South: 229
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $79,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,324
- One, attached: 413
- Two: 84
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 79
- 10 to 19: 25
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,300
Housing units in East Donegal township with a mortgage: 1,059 (103 second mortgage, 194 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 391
- Construction (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Donegal township:
- German (45.3%)
- United States or American (17.4%)
- English (7.4%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Swiss (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (21%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (17%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Vietnam (13%)
- Russia (11%)
- Germany (9%)
- Guyana (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,669 (87%)
- Carpooled: 273 (9%)
- Walked: 60 (2%)
- Worked at home: 68 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
6 people in nursing homes
96.8% of residents of East Donegal township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,399- In family households: 4,957 (1,270 male householders, 305 female householders)
1,337 spouses, 1,900 children (1,729 natural, 26 adopted, 145 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 38 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 442 (175 male householders (143 living alone)), 200 female householders (171 living alone)), 67 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 650 2-persons, 347 3-persons, 340 4-persons, 164 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 314 1-person, 61 2-persons,
1,227 married couples with children.
204 single-parent households (65 men, 139 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |