Hopewell township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Hopewell township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Hopewell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1821
- Northeast: 98
- Midwest: 40
- South: 86
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
15 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 596
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 110
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,600
Housing units in Hopewell township with a mortgage: 265 (31 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 101
- Construction (17%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Electricians (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hopewell township:
- German (39.1%)
- United States or American (21.9%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.8%)
- Swiss (2.7%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern America (31%)
- Yugoslavia (21%)
- Netherlands (17%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Germany (7%)
- Korea (7%)
- Vietnam (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 731 (74%)
- Carpooled: 145 (15%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (17%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
15 people in nursing homes
93.3% of residents of Hopewell township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,105- In family households: 2,005 (558 male householders, 74 female householders)
553 spouses, 749 children (705 natural, 13 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 8 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 100 (35 male householders (19 living alone)), 45 female householders (43 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 15 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 266 2-persons, 122 3-persons, 143 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
540 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (26 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |