Hopewell township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (59% naturalized citizens)
Hopewell township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of Hopewell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 4% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1375
- Northeast: 300
- Midwest: 153
- South: 3078
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $123,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,591
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 16
- Mobile homes: 206
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Hopewell township with a mortgage: 1,071 (94 second mortgage, 272 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 226
- Construction (18%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hopewell township:
- German (28.8%)
- Irish (17.0%)
- English (9.8%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Italian (8.4%)
- Polish (7.5%)
- European (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (24%)
- Germany (17%)
- Yugoslavia (17%)
- Philippines (15%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Japan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,156 (86%)
- Carpooled: 249 (10%)
- Walked: 44 (2%)
- Worked at home: 72 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
27 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Hopewell township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,039- In family households: 4,621 (1,195 male householders, 272 female householders)
1,254 spouses, 1,683 children (1,561 natural, 23 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 85 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 418 (182 male householders (129 living alone)), 132 female householders (116 living alone)), 104 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 27 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 588 2-persons, 303 3-persons, 368 4-persons, 146 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 245 1-person, 48 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
1,252 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (55 men, 96 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 116
Here: | 16.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
Here: | 7.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 41
Here: | 45.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |