Penn township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Penn township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6375
- Northeast: 372
- Midwest: 99
- South: 229
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
152 people in nursing homes
12 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,908
- One, attached: 180
- Two: 96
- 3 or 4: 116
- 5 to 9: 41
- 10 to 19: 41
- 20 to 49: 30
- 50 or more: 21
- Mobile homes: 238
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600
Housing units in Penn township with a mortgage: 1,044 (68 second mortgage, 336 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 573
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn township:
- German (48.2%)
- United States or American (17.2%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Swiss (4.2%)
- English (3.7%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (56%)
- Nigeria (16%)
- Ukraine (8%)
- Germany (5%)
- El Salvador (5%)
- Venezuela (5%)
- Jamaica (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,296 (85%)
- Carpooled: 260 (7%)
- Walked: 64 (2%)
- Other means: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 235 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
152 people in nursing homes
12 people in other group homes
91.8% of residents of Penn township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
5.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,148- In family households: 6,463 (1,842 male householders, 214 female householders)
1,810 spouses, 2,263 children (2,177 natural, 29 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 42 other relatives, 170 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 685 (273 male householders (218 living alone)), 294 female householders (258 living alone)), 118 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 164 (152 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 892 2-persons, 423 3-persons, 444 4-persons, 159 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 476 1-person, 75 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
1,604 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (60 men, 136 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 209
| Here: | 22.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |