West Hanover township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| West Hanover township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of West Hanover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5614
- Northeast: 257
- Midwest: 197
- South: 275
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,246
- One, attached: 66
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 57
- 5 to 9: 55
- Mobile homes: 150
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,500
Housing units in West Hanover township with a mortgage: 1,294 (149 second mortgage, 345 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 620
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Hanover township:
- German (42.4%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- Italian (7.4%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- English (4.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.4%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (29%)
- Korea (15%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- Canada (10%)
- Germany (6%)
- Indonesia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,958 (87%)
- Carpooled: 330 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 87 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.2% of residents of West Hanover township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,495- In family households: 5,864 (1,692 male householders, 242 female householders)
1,775 spouses, 1,836 children (1,566 natural, 118 adopted, 152 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 68 parents, 62 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 631 (262 male householders (197 living alone)), 284 female householders (260 living alone)), 85 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (5 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 908 2-persons, 406 3-persons, 400 4-persons, 169 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 457 1-person, 89 2-persons,
1,208 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (42 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 131
| Here: | 16.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 33
| Here: | 19.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |