Fairview township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Fairview township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11299
- Northeast: 829
- Midwest: 565
- South: 966
- West: 243
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
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
126 people in nursing homes
17 people in military barracks, etc.
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,426
- One, attached: 290
- Two: 115
- 3 or 4: 170
- 5 to 9: 85
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 26
- 50 or more: 71
- Mobile homes: 595
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,100
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 2,910 (292 second mortgage, 520 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 920
- Public administration (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- German (35.1%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- United States or American (9.3%)
- Italian (7.8%)
- English (6.8%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Caribbean (13%)
- Germany (12%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Colombia (9%)
- Canada (7%)
- Japan (6%)
- India (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,733 (87%)
- Carpooled: 660 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 28 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 85 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (0%)
- Worked at home: 188 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
126 people in nursing homes
17 people in military barracks, etc.
96.2% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,178- In family households: 12,447 (3,498 male householders, 623 female householders)
3,689 spouses, 4,155 children (3,877 natural, 89 adopted, 189 stepchildren), 116 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 78 parents, 55 other relatives, 200 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,731 (702 male householders (530 living alone)), 678 female householders (551 living alone)), 351 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 143 (126 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,814 2-persons, 953 3-persons, 921 4-persons, 298 5-persons, 105 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,081 1-person, 263 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 16 4-persons,
2,801 married couples with children.
457 single-parent households (132 men, 325 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 240
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 84
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 91
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |