West Earl township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (60% naturalized citizens)
| West Earl township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of West Earl township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5876
- Northeast: 227
- Midwest: 141
- South: 145
- West: 116
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
188 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,737
- One, attached: 148
- Two: 101
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 33
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 215
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in West Earl township with a mortgage: 920 (116 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 481
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Earl township:
- German (42.3%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- Swiss (10.4%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.2%)
- English (3.2%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (48%)
- Canada (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
- Mexico (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Guatemala (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,327 (68%)
- Carpooled: 378 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 155 (5%)
- Walked: 133 (4%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 419 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Coal or coke (8%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
188 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
76.9% of residents of West Earl township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
19.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,568- In family households: 6,064 (1,571 male householders, 221 female householders)
1,591 spouses, 2,452 children (2,341 natural, 8 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 53 other relatives, 113 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 504 (171 male householders (127 living alone)), 238 female householders (221 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 198 (186 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 693 2-persons, 359 3-persons, 400 4-persons, 155 5-persons, 84 6-persons, 101 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 348 1-person, 50 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 6 6-persons,
1,702 married couples with children.
158 single-parent households (40 men, 118 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 381
| Here: | 39.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |