Shrewsbury township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Shrewsbury township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Shrewsbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 10% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2313
- Northeast: 303
- Midwest: 227
- South: 2826
- West: 118
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Shrewsbury township, Pennsylvania:
- 87 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,893
- One, attached: 177
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 19
- Mobile homes: 117
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,100
Housing units in Shrewsbury township with a mortgage: 1,149 (139 second mortgage, 225 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 471
- Construction (16%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shrewsbury township:
- German (34.0%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (10.2%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (37%)
- Italy (17%)
- Canada (14%)
- Sweden (13%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Vietnam (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,589 (87%)
- Carpooled: 238 (8%)
- Walked: 31 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 112 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Shrewsbury township, Pennsylvania:
- 87 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.8% of residents of Shrewsbury township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,757- In family households: 5,201 (1,544 male householders, 198 female householders)
1,584 spouses, 1,641 children (1,484 natural, 47 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 63 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 38 other relatives, 86 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 556 (224 male householders (168 living alone)), 222 female householders (207 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 105 (89 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 836 2-persons, 335 3-persons, 382 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 29 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 375 1-person, 51 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
1,204 married couples with children.
131 single-parent households (49 men, 82 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
| Here: | 17.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 57
| Here: | 37.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |