Salisbury township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Salisbury township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Salisbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8807
- Northeast: 474
- Midwest: 182
- South: 287
- West: 99
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
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: 0.2% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,251
- One, attached: 178
- Two: 74
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 539
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,100
Housing units in Salisbury township with a mortgage: 1,045 (111 second mortgage, 181 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 610
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salisbury township:
- German (40.4%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- Swiss (5.4%)
- English (4.1%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (22%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Lebanon (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Pakistan (6%)
- Brazil (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,040 (69%)
- Carpooled: 664 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 179 (4%)
- Other means: 90 (2%)
- Worked at home: 406 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Wood (5%)
41 people in nursing homes
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
75.3% of residents of Salisbury township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
23.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,947- In family households: 9,308 (2,213 male householders, 309 female householders)
2,300 spouses, 3,998 children (3,819 natural, 73 adopted, 106 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 81 other relatives, 152 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 639 (260 male householders (188 living alone)), 240 female householders (228 living alone)), 139 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 65 (41 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 825 2-persons, 519 3-persons, 519 4-persons, 290 5-persons, 167 6-persons, 202 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 416 1-person, 57 2-persons, 27 4-persons,
3,026 married couples with children.
251 single-parent households (93 men, 158 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 687
| Here: | 44.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 118
| Here: | 22.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 78
| Here: | 42.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |