York township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (59% naturalized citizens)
York township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
57% of York township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17214
- Northeast: 1661
- Midwest: 1075
- South: 2644
- West: 374
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $134,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in York township, Pennsylvania:
- 387 people in nursing homes
- 121 people in other group homes
- 106 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,962
- One, attached: 1,063
- Two: 140
- 3 or 4: 653
- 5 to 9: 679
- 10 to 19: 715
- 20 to 49: 166
- 50 or more: 377
- Mobile homes: 503
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in York township with a mortgage: 3,940 (444 second mortgage, 665 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,092
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in York township:
- German (43.6%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Italian (7.6%)
- English (7.4%)
- Polish (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (15%)
- Poland (11%)
- Germany (9%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Romania (7%)
- India (6%)
- Italy (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,862 (89%)
- Carpooled: 922 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (0%)
- Taxi: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 120 (1%)
- Other means: 31 (0%)
- Worked at home: 278 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in York township, Pennsylvania:
- 387 people in nursing homes
- 121 people in other group homes
- 106 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.1% of residents of York township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (22% speak English very well, 64% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,018- In family households: 19,110 (5,528 male householders, 1,107 female householders)
5,562 spouses, 6,116 children (5,707 natural, 156 adopted, 253 stepchildren), 262 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 75 parents, 148 other relatives, 248 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,908 (1,476 male householders (1,102 living alone)), 1,762 female householders (1,576 living alone)), 670 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 619 (395 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,408 2-persons, 1,395 3-persons, 1,267 4-persons, 432 5-persons, 113 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,678 1-person, 467 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
4,000 married couples with children.
807 single-parent households (218 men, 589 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 260
Here: | 10.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 116
Here: | 9.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 243
Here: | 44.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |