Lower Chanceford township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (33% naturalized citizens)
Lower Chanceford township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Lower Chanceford 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, 38% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1842
- Northeast: 81
- Midwest: 41
- South: 902
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 965
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 166
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,700
Housing units in Lower Chanceford township with a mortgage: 296 (13 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 228
- Construction (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Chanceford township:
- German (28.0%)
- United States or American (17.3%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- English (8.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.5%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- Hungary (33%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,055 (77%)
- Carpooled: 148 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 34 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 116 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Wood (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
94.5% of residents of Lower Chanceford township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% speak English very well, 57% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,899- In family households: 2,630 (664 male householders, 129 female householders)
681 spouses, 998 children (884 natural, 44 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 32 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 269 (129 male householders (108 living alone)), 102 female householders (85 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 304 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 193 1-person, 38 2-persons,
713 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (48 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
Here: | 11.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 2.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
Here: | 58.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |