Lancaster township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Lancaster township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
54% of Lancaster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9678
- Northeast: 1321
- Midwest: 600
- South: 899
- West: 251
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $108,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
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
People in group quarters in Lancaster township, Pennsylvania:
- 312 people in nursing homes
- 134 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 9 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,427
- One, attached: 1,669
- Two: 121
- 3 or 4: 375
- 5 to 9: 623
- 10 to 19: 621
- 20 to 49: 89
- 50 or more: 150
Housing units in Lancaster township with a mortgage: 2,305 (156 second mortgage, 354 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 986
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lancaster township:
- German (31.9%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (8.6%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Polish (2.4%)
- Greek (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (15%)
- Germany (10%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (6%)
- Cuba (5%)
- Cambodia (5%)
- Greece (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,642 (81%)
- Carpooled: 720 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 106 (2%)
- Railroad: 20 (0%)
- Taxi: 34 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 194 (3%)
- Other means: 25 (0%)
- Worked at home: 224 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Lancaster township, Pennsylvania:
- 312 people in nursing homes
- 134 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 9 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
86.8% of residents of Lancaster township speak English at home.
8.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 44% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,402- In family households: 10,865 (2,778 male householders, 1,014 female householders)
3,061 spouses, 3,404 children (3,188 natural, 107 adopted, 109 stepchildren), 98 grandchildren, 98 brothers or sisters, 95 parents, 143 other relatives, 174 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,537 (875 male householders (691 living alone)), 1,207 female householders (991 living alone)), 455 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 459 (357 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,941 2-persons, 877 3-persons, 581 4-persons, 256 5-persons, 125 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,682 1-person, 363 2-persons, 37 3-persons,
1,803 married couples with children.
858 single-parent households (160 men, 698 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 323
| Here: | 24.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 107
| Here: | 21.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 72
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |