Providence township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Providence township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Providence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 87% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5601
- Northeast: 353
- Midwest: 96
- South: 388
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $153,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,579
- One, attached: 82
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 19
- Mobile homes: 799
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,300
Housing units in Providence township with a mortgage: 855 (129 second mortgage, 185 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 332
- Construction (21%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Providence township:
- German (41.7%)
- United States or American (13.2%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (5.1%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (37%)
- Cambodia (26%)
- Panama (16%)
- Egypt (11%)
- Russia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,807 (84%)
- Carpooled: 273 (8%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 85 (3%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 141 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.0% of residents of Providence township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,629- In family households: 6,008 (1,529 male householders, 346 female householders)
1,631 spouses, 2,153 children (2,039 natural, 60 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 112 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 49 parents, 66 other relatives, 113 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 621 (245 male householders (176 living alone)), 271 female householders (266 living alone)), 105 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 762 2-persons, 436 3-persons, 401 4-persons, 157 5-persons, 76 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 442 1-person, 65 2-persons, 5 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
1,446 married couples with children.
291 single-parent households (91 men, 200 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 175
| Here: | 21.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |