West Hempfield township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (77% naturalized citizens)
| West Hempfield township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of West Hempfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11972
- Northeast: 1060
- Midwest: 518
- South: 742
- West: 168
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $111,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in West Hempfield township, Pennsylvania:
- 187 people in religious group quarters
- 32 people in other group homes
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,998
- One, attached: 654
- Two: 108
- 3 or 4: 155
- 5 to 9: 295
- 10 to 19: 108
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 216
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,300
Housing units in West Hempfield township with a mortgage: 3,085 (251 second mortgage, 591 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 903
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Food (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Hempfield township:
- German (41.4%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- English (5.9%)
- Swiss (2.2%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (29%)
- Cambodia (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- India (7%)
- Other Western Asia (6%)
- Dominican Republic (6%)
- Thailand (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,925 (86%)
- Carpooled: 685 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 37 (0%)
- Railroad: 16 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 126 (2%)
- Other means: 23 (0%)
- Worked at home: 207 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in West Hempfield township, Pennsylvania:
- 187 people in religious group quarters
- 32 people in other group homes
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.2% of residents of West Hempfield township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,901- In family households: 13,520 (3,618 male householders, 715 female householders)
3,595 spouses, 5,094 children (4,722 natural, 176 adopted, 196 stepchildren), 131 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 88 other relatives, 175 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,381 (497 male householders (379 living alone)), 579 female householders (479 living alone)), 305 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 241 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,712 2-persons, 974 3-persons, 1,122 4-persons, 399 5-persons, 88 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 858 1-person, 176 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 6 6-persons,
3,314 married couples with children.
768 single-parent households (164 men, 604 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 235
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 83
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 158
| Here: | 38.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |