Mount Joy township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Mount Joy township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of Mount Joy 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, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6737
- Northeast: 535
- Midwest: 220
- South: 211
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,028
- One, attached: 414
- Two: 79
- 3 or 4: 105
- 5 to 9: 69
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 9
- Mobile homes: 236
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,600
Housing units in Mount Joy township with a mortgage: 1,553 (172 second mortgage, 300 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 401
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Joy township:
- German (53.9%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Swiss (5.2%)
- English (3.9%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (30%)
- Canada (16%)
- Germany (13%)
- Japan (11%)
- Mexico (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Ethiopia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,578 (85%)
- Carpooled: 339 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 17 (0%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 57 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 184 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
97.6% of residents of Mount Joy township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 65% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,949- In family households: 7,232 (1,931 male householders, 372 female householders)
1,991 spouses, 2,660 children (2,444 natural, 116 adopted, 100 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 49 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 76 other relatives, 78 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 717 (298 male householders (217 living alone)), 290 female householders (270 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 972 2-persons, 534 3-persons, 480 4-persons, 215 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 487 1-person, 95 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
1,821 married couples with children.
236 single-parent households (69 men, 167 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 286
| Here: | 29.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 73
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 80
| Here: | 40.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |