Fulton township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Fulton township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Fulton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2183
- Northeast: 83
- Midwest: 64
- South: 409
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 787
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 225
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,100
Housing units in Fulton township with a mortgage: 277 (13 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Construction (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fulton township:
- United States or American (27.1%)
- German (25.2%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (52%)
- Germany (19%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Cuba (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 869 (72%)
- Carpooled: 145 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 146 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
91.4% of residents of Fulton township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,826- In family households: 2,601 (669 male householders, 87 female householders)
650 spouses, 1,063 children (958 natural, 9 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 54 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 225 (104 male householders (85 living alone)), 77 female householders (61 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 146 1-person, 27 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
772 married couples with children.
120 single-parent households (49 men, 71 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |