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Conewago township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (27% naturalized citizens)

Conewago township:

1.1%
Whole state:

4.1%

64% of Conewago township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 4491
  • Northeast: 220
  • Midwest: 86
  • South: 695
  • West: 52

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $133,600


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

7 people in religious group quarters
Conewago township, PA map

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $38,500


Housing units in Conewago township with a mortgage: 1,083 (124 second mortgage, 162 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 539

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 84
  • 1995 to 1998: 232
  • 1990 to 1994: 259
  • 1980 to 1989: 422
  • 1970 to 1979: 203
  • 1960 to 1969: 147
  • 1950 to 1959: 185
  • 1940 to 1949: 143
  • 1939 or earlier: 487

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Conewago township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 12
  • 3 rooms: 14
  • 4 rooms: 97
  • 5 rooms: 349
  • 6 rooms: 599
  • 7 rooms: 265
  • 8 rooms: 247
  • 9 or more rooms: 142

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Conewago township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 18
  • 3 rooms: 21
  • 4 rooms: 86
  • 5 rooms: 122
  • 6 rooms: 89
  • 7 rooms: 44
  • 8 rooms: 8
  • 9 or more rooms: 7

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Conewago township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 17
  • 2 bedrooms: 169
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,200
  • 4 bedrooms: 295
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 44

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Conewago township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 44
  • 2 bedrooms: 192
  • 3 bedrooms: 117
  • 4 bedrooms: 42
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Conewago township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 49
  • 1 vehicle: 339
  • 2 vehicles: 982
  • 3 vehicles: 238
  • 4 vehicles: 76
  • 5 or more vehicles: 41

Cars and other vehicles available in Conewago township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 36
  • 1 vehicle: 113
  • 2 vehicles: 207
  • 3 vehicles: 14
  • 4 vehicles: 25
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (12%)
  • Food (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (7%)
  • Paper (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (4%)
  • Food (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
  • Personal and laundry services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Conewago township:

  • German (48.5%)
  • United States or American (16.3%)
  • Irish (7.1%)
  • English (5.0%)
  • Italian (4.0%)
  • French (except Basque) (2.6%)
  • Scotch-Irish (1.6%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (23%)
  • United Kingdom (16%)
  • Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (15%)
  • Australia (13%)
  • Canada (13%)
  • Germany (11%)
  • Guatemala (10%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (71%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
  • Electricity (10%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

7 people in religious group quarters

96.9% of residents of Conewago township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 5,621

Size of family households: 688 2-persons, 419 3-persons, 411 4-persons, 106 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 362 1-person, 91 2-persons,

1,166 married couples with children.
224 single-parent households (79 men, 145 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 173
Here:

24.1%
Pennsylvania:

16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 80
Here:

25.6%
Pennsylvania:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 41
Here:

27.3%
Pennsylvania:

37.3%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Conewago township:

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