West Lampeter township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (79% naturalized citizens)
| West Lampeter township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of West Lampeter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10252
- Northeast: 1056
- Midwest: 437
- South: 814
- West: 118
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
353 people in nursing homes
15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,427
- One, attached: 350
- Two: 123
- 3 or 4: 101
- 5 to 9: 212
- 10 to 19: 111
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 1,083
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in West Lampeter township with a mortgage: 2,131 (180 second mortgage, 262 home equity loan, 48 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,120
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Lampeter township:
- German (42.3%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- English (10.1%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (18%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Dominican Republic (11%)
- Sweden (5%)
- Ireland (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,754 (83%)
- Carpooled: 523 (9%)
- Railroad: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 131 (2%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 263 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
353 people in nursing homes
15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.6% of residents of West Lampeter township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,738- In family households: 11,098 (3,253 male householders, 507 female householders)
3,355 spouses, 3,602 children (3,338 natural, 77 adopted, 187 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 95 parents, 62 other relatives, 121 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,640 (496 male householders (427 living alone)), 1,015 female householders (970 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 370 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,963 2-persons, 677 3-persons, 666 4-persons, 286 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 60 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,397 1-person, 107 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
2,535 married couples with children.
293 single-parent households (95 men, 198 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 243
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 47
| Here: | 18.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |