West Pennsboro township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| West Pennsboro township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of West Pennsboro 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, 59% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4361
- Northeast: 126
- Midwest: 349
- South: 258
- West: 69
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
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
133 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,512
- One, attached: 89
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 34
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 16
- Mobile homes: 314
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,200
Housing units in West Pennsboro township with a mortgage: 858 (118 second mortgage, 215 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 357
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Pennsboro township:
- German (44.1%)
- United States or American (19.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- English (6.7%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Polish (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (33%)
- France (28%)
- Germany (10%)
- Guatemala (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- Korea (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,276 (85%)
- Carpooled: 273 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (1%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
133 people in nursing homes
96.1% of residents of West Pennsboro township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,129- In family households: 4,625 (1,332 male householders, 196 female householders)
1,326 spouses, 1,466 children (1,395 natural, 13 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 141 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 36 other relatives, 88 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 504 (225 male householders (189 living alone)), 199 female householders (167 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 133 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 682 2-persons, 347 3-persons, 318 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 356 1-person, 59 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
1,013 married couples with children.
172 single-parent households (49 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 173
| Here: | 29.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 31
| Here: | 27.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |