Heidelberg township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (14% naturalized citizens)
| Heidelberg township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Heidelberg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3552
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 37
- South: 51
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,234
- One, attached: 57
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 18
- Mobile homes: 8
Housing units in Heidelberg township with a mortgage: 528 (53 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 383
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Heidelberg township:
- German (58.2%)
- United States or American (15.6%)
- Swiss (3.3%)
- Irish (2.6%)
- Russian (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Italian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (81%)
- Germany (14%)
- Other Caribbean (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,434 (78%)
- Carpooled: 126 (7%)
- Bicycle: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 31 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 229 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (68%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
90.1% of residents of Heidelberg township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
8.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,832- In family households: 3,551 (950 male householders, 129 female householders)
952 spouses, 1,339 children (1,276 natural, 13 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 84 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 41 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 281 (110 male householders (87 living alone)), 152 female householders (152 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 493 2-persons, 210 3-persons, 190 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 46 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 239 1-person, 23 2-persons,
930 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (27 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76
| Here: | 16.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 38
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 41
| Here: | 51.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |