West Cornwall township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (56% naturalized citizens)
West Cornwall township: | 2.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of West Cornwall township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1520
- Northeast: 146
- Midwest: 61
- South: 120
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
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
103 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 671
- One, attached: 66
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 168
Median worth of mobile homes: $72,500
Housing units in West Cornwall township with a mortgage: 307 (18 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 182
- Construction (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Cornwall township:
- German (42.9%)
- English (8.0%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- Swiss (4.7%)
- European (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Other Western Europe (13%)
- Poland (13%)
- India (13%)
- Canada (13%)
- Korea (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 781 (85%)
- Carpooled: 71 (8%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
103 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.3% of residents of West Cornwall township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,809- In family households: 1,551 (527 male householders, 71 female householders)
532 spouses, 377 children (345 natural, 20 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 18 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 258 (60 male householders (47 living alone)), 140 female householders (118 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 99 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 354 2-persons, 121 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 165 1-person, 24 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
260 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (11 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
Here: | 12.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
Here: | 44.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |