Lancaster township, Butler County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Lancaster township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Lancaster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2216
- Northeast: 77
- Midwest: 61
- South: 84
- West: 29
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 727
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 167
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,600
Housing units in Lancaster township with a mortgage: 363 (47 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lancaster township:
- German (48.8%)
- Italian (10.3%)
- English (7.1%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (48%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Germany (14%)
- Hungary (11%)
- Cuba (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,108 (84%)
- Carpooled: 118 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
95.1% of residents of Lancaster township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,511- In family households: 2,312 (642 male householders, 100 female householders)
701 spouses, 792 children (724 natural, 42 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 21 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 199 (92 male householders (63 living alone)), 66 female householders (63 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 328 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 156 4-persons, 77 5-persons, 27 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 23 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
538 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (32 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 15.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |