Ephrata township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Ephrata township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Ephrata township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 513
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 118
- South: 12
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
158 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 716
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 101
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Ephrata township with a mortgage: 99 (5 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Construction (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ephrata township:
- Norwegian (30.0%)
- German (29.9%)
- Swedish (9.2%)
- Scandinavian (4.1%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- English (3.3%)
- Czech (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (33%)
- Other Eastern Europe (33%)
- Canada (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 204 (77%)
- Carpooled: 32 (12%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
158 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.4% of residents of Ephrata township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 695- In family households: 640 (204 male householders, 29 female householders)
226 spouses, 174 children (156 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (29 male householders (27 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 164 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 2 2-persons,
2,133 married couples with children.
229 single-parent households (74 men, 155 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |