West Donegal township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| West Donegal township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of West Donegal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5555
- Northeast: 347
- Midwest: 208
- South: 258
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $149,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
81 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,720
- One, attached: 334
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 14
- 20 to 49: 91
- 50 or more: 256
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,700
Housing units in West Donegal township with a mortgage: 1,127 (148 second mortgage, 282 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 503
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Donegal township:
- German (47.8%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- English (7.0%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Italian (5.9%)
- Polish (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (42%)
- Vietnam (26%)
- Korea (18%)
- Ireland (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,695 (86%)
- Carpooled: 309 (10%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 58 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
81 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of West Donegal township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,459- In family households: 5,835 (1,687 male householders, 212 female householders)
1,706 spouses, 2,051 children (1,893 natural, 55 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 55 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 624 (210 male householders (179 living alone)), 364 female householders (350 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 80 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 840 2-persons, 383 3-persons, 426 4-persons, 172 5-persons, 70 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 529 1-person, 45 2-persons,
1,478 married couples with children.
120 single-parent households (52 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 154
| Here: | 17.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 55
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 29.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |