Washington township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2148
- Northeast: 107
- Midwest: 33
- South: 100
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 798
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 136
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 335 (27 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (53.5%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- English (7.8%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- Swiss (3.8%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (28%)
- Poland (21%)
- Japan (17%)
- Brazil (17%)
- Germany (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,114 (86%)
- Carpooled: 107 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (10%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.7% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,461- In family households: 2,164 (600 male householders, 79 female householders)
606 spouses, 732 children (700 natural, 5 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 29 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 297 (125 male householders (73 living alone)), 94 female householders (86 living alone)), 78 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 282 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 157 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 159 1-person, 44 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
559 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (23 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 4.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 5.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 14.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |