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West Cocalico township, Lancaster County, PA

7,556 Population
27.3 square miles 276.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lancaster County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,963 ±$4,243 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lancaster County: $41,319 ±$659
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$92,306 ±$8,376 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lancaster County: $83,703 ±$1,740
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

12.4% ±6.2% (934  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lancaster County: 8.7% 47,050 (±0.6% / ±3,054)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.9 minutes ±2.7 (89,545  ±13,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 24 5,914,540 (±0.4 / ±109,905)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,556 ±185 Number of households
  • Lancaster County: 210,536 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
3 ±0.2 (7,556  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lancaster County: 2.6 540,847 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.5% ±7.4% (79  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 6.4% 7,866 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,596 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Lancaster County: 217,863 ±184
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$277,700 ±$11,413 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lancaster County: $279,400 ±$2,570
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.7% ±3.8% (500  ±288.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 10.8% 59,411 (±0.6% / ±3,207.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

81.3% ±7.8% (3,835  ±432.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lancaster County: 87.2% 329,018 (±1.2% / ±4,330.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
17.5% ±4.5% (826  ±215.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 31% 116,943 (±0.7% / ±2,505.3)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±1.6% (169  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lancaster County: 5.6% 31,113
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.8% ±2.2% (199  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lancaster County: 5.9% 24,963 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
199 Total veterans ±117 199 Male ±117 N/A Female ±16

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