Manchester township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 15.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 12,700 (93% urban, 7% rural)
Males: 6,153 | (48.4%) |
Females: 6,547 | (51.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 12,557 (10,977 owner occupied, 1,580 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 13% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Manchester township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.6%
- Black: 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 1.7%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.7%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 38.1
Median age of females: 38.7
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Average household size: 2.54
Manchester township: | 2.5 people |
Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
Manchester township: | $57,065 |
Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
Here: | $676 |
State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $165,300 (it was $108,200 in 2000)
: | $165,300 |
Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $215,758
Here: $215,758 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $118,502
Here: $118,502 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $96,321
Here: $96,321 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $74,237
Here: $74,237 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $138,409
Here: $138,409 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $46,558
Here: $46,558 State: $45,445
Population density: 800 people per square mile | (very high). |
This township: | 5.4% |
Whole state: | 11.0% |
This township: | 2.9% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Emigsville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Manchester township: Outdoor Country Club of York (A), Manchester Township Library (B), Manchester Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: North Gate Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Manchester township include: Grace Church (A), Aughenbaugh Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Holy Saviour Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mill Creek (A), Willis Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Manchester township: White Oak Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Manchester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1492
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 57
- South: 121
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Manchester township, Pennsylvania:
- 127 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 516
- One, attached: 10
- Mobile homes: 93
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Manchester township with a mortgage: 176 (38 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Manchester township:
- German (60.8%)
- United States or American (16.5%)
- English (9.1%)
- Lithuanian (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Irish (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 721 (84%)
- Carpooled: 89 (10%)
- Walked: 47 (5%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 2 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Wood (14%)
- Other fuel (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
People in group quarters in Manchester township, Pennsylvania:
- 127 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.8% of residents of Manchester township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,687- In family households: 1,493 (403 male householders, 50 female householders)
400 spouses, 581 children (525 natural, 28 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 34 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 194 (100 male householders (84 living alone)), 52 female householders (37 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 158 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 25 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
2,568 married couples with children.
384 single-parent households (117 men, 267 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
Here: | 13.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 8.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 12.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |