East Earl township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| East Earl township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of East Earl township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5296
- Northeast: 121
- Midwest: 139
- South: 85
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,360
- One, attached: 63
- Two: 111
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 48
- Mobile homes: 162
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800
Housing units in East Earl township with a mortgage: 496 (24 second mortgage, 127 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 514
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Earl township:
- German (49.0%)
- United States or American (23.4%)
- Swiss (6.3%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- English (3.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (35%)
- Haiti (35%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,869 (70%)
- Carpooled: 286 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (1%)
- Bicycle: 70 (3%)
- Walked: 72 (3%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 331 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
76.2% of residents of East Earl township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
22.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,700- In family households: 5,423 (1,304 male householders, 170 female householders)
1,325 spouses, 2,364 children (2,262 natural, 33 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 40 other relatives, 113 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 277 (90 male householders (62 living alone)), 161 female householders (161 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 548 2-persons, 301 3-persons, 285 4-persons, 132 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 152 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 223 1-person, 28 2-persons,
1,703 married couples with children.
147 single-parent households (44 men, 103 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 414
| Here: | 50.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 81
| Here: | 36.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |