Lawrence Park township, Erie County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (90% naturalized citizens)
| Lawrence Park township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Lawrence Park township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3440
- Northeast: 187
- Midwest: 150
- South: 156
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
115 people in nursing homes
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 992
- One, attached: 482
- Two: 58
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 81
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Lawrence Park township with a mortgage: 674 (51 second mortgage, 136 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 482
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Health care (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lawrence Park township:
- German (23.8%)
- Polish (18.0%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- English (8.4%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (38%)
- Other Northern Europe (19%)
- Germany (17%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (17%)
- Poland (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,551 (87%)
- Carpooled: 104 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 30 (2%)
- Bicycle: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 69 (4%)
- Worked at home: 9 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (98%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
115 people in nursing homes
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.4% of residents of Lawrence Park township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,929- In family households: 3,439 (813 male householders, 315 female householders)
866 spouses, 1,267 children (1,108 natural, 51 adopted, 108 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 53 parents, 16 other relatives, 69 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 490 (163 male householders (124 living alone)), 264 female householders (242 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 119 (114 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 500 2-persons, 258 3-persons, 222 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 41 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 366 1-person, 55 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
706 married couples with children.
256 single-parent households (43 men, 213 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 14.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 27.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |