Springfield township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Springfield township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Springfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2726
- Northeast: 170
- Midwest: 114
- South: 738
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,284
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 51
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 120
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Springfield township with a mortgage: 692 (73 second mortgage, 164 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 284
- Construction (16%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springfield township:
- German (45.9%)
- United States or American (16.3%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Scottish (3.7%)
- Polish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (28%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (23%)
- Other Southern Africa (18%)
- Hungary (9%)
- Korea (9%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,941 (88%)
- Carpooled: 136 (6%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 105 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.6% of residents of Springfield township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,882- In family households: 3,513 (1,018 male householders, 155 female householders)
1,024 spouses, 1,165 children (1,123 natural, 19 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 19 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 369 (88 male householders (44 living alone)), 175 female householders (141 living alone)), 106 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 515 2-persons, 257 3-persons, 273 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 62 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
812 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (28 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 82
| Here: | 53.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |