Shippensburg township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Shippensburg township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
28% of Shippensburg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3569
- Northeast: 303
- Midwest: 101
- South: 342
- West: 58
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
2,243 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
121 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 246
- One, attached: 45
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 79
- 10 to 19: 159
- 20 to 49: 42
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 288
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,900
Housing units in Shippensburg township with a mortgage: 92 (8 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 84
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (35%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Health care (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (2%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (2%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shippensburg township:
- German (37.0%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- Italian (8.7%)
- English (5.8%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (13%)
- India (10%)
- Germany (9%)
- Italy (9%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (9%)
- Ukraine (9%)
- Barbados (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,040 (62%)
- Carpooled: 128 (8%)
- Walked: 435 (26%)
- Other means: 35 (2%)
- Worked at home: 46 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
2,243 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
121 people in nursing homes
94.0% of residents of Shippensburg township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,144- In family households: 1,090 (305 male householders, 80 female householders)
312 spouses, 342 children (283 natural, 14 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 7 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,054 (255 male householders (111 living alone)), 232 female householders (110 living alone)), 567 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,359 (128 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 199 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 221 1-person, 92 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
222 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (37 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |