West Cocalico township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (6% naturalized citizens)
| West Cocalico township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of West Cocalico township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6242
- Northeast: 298
- Midwest: 152
- South: 137
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
91 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,889
- One, attached: 190
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 199
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,100
Housing units in West Cocalico township with a mortgage: 1,047 (115 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 503
- Construction (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Cocalico township:
- German (48.2%)
- United States or American (20.2%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.5%)
- English (3.3%)
- Swiss (2.9%)
- Italian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (79%)
- France (15%)
- Vietnam (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,836 (80%)
- Carpooled: 340 (10%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 91 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 238 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
91 people in nursing homes
94.7% of residents of West Cocalico township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,875- In family households: 6,304 (1,683 male householders, 222 female householders)
1,791 spouses, 2,430 children (2,315 natural, 30 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 11 other relatives, 96 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 571 (229 male householders (200 living alone)), 184 female householders (138 living alone)), 158 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 92 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 718 2-persons, 386 3-persons, 419 4-persons, 224 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 76 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 338 1-person, 29 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
1,891 married couples with children.
189 single-parent households (69 men, 120 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 308
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 89
| Here: | 24.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |