Leacock township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Leacock township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Leacock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4630
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 103
- South: 23
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 962
- One, attached: 188
- Two: 138
- 3 or 4: 57
- 5 to 9: 12
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 113
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,000
Housing units in Leacock township with a mortgage: 244 (0 second mortgage, 57 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 397
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Woodworkers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Leacock township:
- German (46.9%)
- United States or American (20.2%)
- Swiss (10.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (8.0%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- Irish (2.0%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (45%)
- Russia (30%)
- Vietnam (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 751 (35%)
- Carpooled: 552 (26%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 30 (1%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (1%)
- Walked: 276 (13%)
- Other means: 52 (2%)
- Worked at home: 431 (20%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Coal or coke (24%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
38.8% of residents of Leacock township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
61.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,878- In family households: 4,606 (1,118 male householders, 65 female householders)
1,122 spouses, 2,223 children (2,150 natural, 46 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 0 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 272 (81 male householders (66 living alone)), 171 female householders (171 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 426 2-persons, 226 3-persons, 147 4-persons, 118 5-persons, 74 6-persons, 192 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 237 1-person, 15 2-persons,
1,636 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (26 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 614
| Here: | 83.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 80
| Here: | 53.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 24.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |