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Households without Vehicles

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What does this measure?

The number of households that do not report having a vehicle kept at the home and available for use, expressed as a percentage of all households.

Why is this important?

A vehicle makes it easier for people to work and to conduct daily business such as doctor's visits and shopping. Ready access to transportation can also make it simpler to get involved in schools, religious organizations and other forms of civic life.

How does our county compare?

In 2019-23, 9% of Lancaster County households did not have a vehicle, a similar rate as in 2009-13. This is slightly below the state rate of 10% and slightly above the national rate of 8%. In the City of Lancaster, 15% of households lacked access to a vehicle. This is down from 22% in 2009-13.

Except for Berks and Dauphin counties, with a similar 9% rate, surrounding counties were all below Lancaster's rate, with Lebanon at 7%, York at 6%, Cumberland at 5%, and Chester at 4%.

Notes about the data

The multiyear figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined five years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census. Data for this indicator are expected to be released annually in December.

Households without Vehicles
2009-132014-182019-23
Pennsylvania12%11%10%
Lancaster County9%10%9%
Lancaster City22%21%15%
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster19%18%12%
Cocalico School District4%*3%**3%**
Columbia Borough School District14%*17%14%**
Conestoga Valley School District11%13%12%*
Donegal School District6%**4%**5%**
Eastern Lancaster County School District13%16%15%
Elizabethtown Area School District7%*6%*8%**
Ephrata Area School District6%*7%*6%*
Hempfield School District3%*6%*3%*
Lampeter-Strasburg School District8%*6%*7%*
Manheim Central School District4%*5%**3%**
Manheim Township School District5%*6%4%*
Penn Manor School District4%*4%*5%*
Pequea Valley School District29%31%30%
Solanco School District14%16%19%
Warwick School District5%*6%*6%*
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough1%***3%***2%***
Akron borough7%***4%***4%***
Christiana borough10%***5%***10%***
Columbia borough14%*17%14%**
Denver township3%***4%***1%***
East Petersburg borough2%***3%***3%***
Elizabethtown borough8%**7%*5%***
Ephrata borough6%**8%*8%**
Lititz borough7%**7%**7%**
Manheim borough3%***7%***5%***
Marietta borough8%**6%**8%***
Millersville borough11%**6%***9%**
Mount Joy borough7%**4%**5%***
Mountville borough6%***4%***2%***
New Holland borough2%***6%***9%***
Quarryville borough6%***6%**3%***
Strasburg borough5%***1%***0%***
Terre Hill borough2%***3%***3%***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township41%37%*43%*
Brecknock township5%***10%***8%***
Caernarvon township21%*24%**20%**
Clay township3%***6%***6%***
Colerain township29%*27%*29%*
Conestoga township3%***4%***2%***
Conoy township2%***7%***4%***
Drumore township18%*16%*27%*
Earl township28%*27%*23%*
East Cocalico township4%**3%**5%***
East Donegal township4%***3%***1%***
East Drumore township10%**13%**12%***
East Earl township16%**17%**19%*
East Hempfield township3%**6%**3%**
East Lampeter township7%*10%*8%**
Eden township21%*33%*39%*
Elizabeth township4%***8%***4%***
Ephrata township8%*7%*5%**
Fulton township7%***15%*17%**
Lancaster township8%*8%*3%***
Leacock township42%44%*38%*
Little Britain township6%***13%***26%***
Manheim township5%*6%4%*
Manor township2%**4%**3%***
Martic township6%***5%***9%***
Mount Joy township3%***0%***5%***
Paradise township30%*24%27%**
Penn township7%***5%***3%**
Pequea township4%***1%***4%***
Providence township7%***7%***6%***
Rapho township3%***5%***1%***
Sadsbury township27%*28%*27%*
Salisbury township23%27%27%
Strasburg township15%**15%**19%***
Upper Leacock township18%*15%*19%*
Warwick township3%**5%**6%*
West Cocalico township4%***1%***3%***
West Donegal township11%**9%**18%***
West Earl township11%**20%*14%*
West Hempfield township1%***7%**2%**
West Lampeter township7%**5%**6%*
Berks County9%8%9%
Chester County5%5%4%
Cumberland County6%6%5%
Dauphin County10%10%9%
Lebanon County8%6%7%
York County6%6%6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.




Number of Households without Vehicles
2009-132014-182019-23
Pennsylvania572,247552,690547,253
Lancaster County18,13720,16018,420
Lancaster City4,7724,7513,202
Lancaster County School Districts
School District of Lancaster5,3015,2893,440
Cocalico School District308*229**288**
Columbia Borough School District578*754671**
Conestoga Valley School District1,2761,6171,546*
Donegal School District473**305**428**
Eastern Lancaster County School District1,4481,7671,706
Elizabethtown Area School District762*671*1,016**
Ephrata Area School District801*890*899*
Hempfield School District523*1,143*609*
Lampeter-Strasburg School District653*521*694*
Manheim Central School District419*531**294**
Manheim Township School District799*1,009791*
Penn Manor School District669*705*810*
Pequea Valley School District1,7912,0502,024
Solanco School District1,4931,6992,084
Warwick School District538*719*811*
Lancaster County Boroughs
Adamstown borough10***26***16***
Akron borough123***67***70***
Christiana borough33***17***31***
Columbia borough578*754671**
Denver township43***53***12***
East Petersburg borough33***64***60***
Elizabethtown borough323**284*216***
Ephrata borough340**432*462**
Lititz borough260**276**294**
Manheim borough64***136***98***
Marietta borough88**62**112***
Millersville borough280**154***219**
Mount Joy borough232**150**177***
Mountville borough83***43***29***
New Holland borough54***129***196***
Quarryville borough64***51**30***
Strasburg borough54***16***0***
Terre Hill borough13***14***11***
Lancaster County Townships
Bart township331364*376*
Brecknock township110***260***198***
Caernarvon township301*352**272**
Clay township69***142***153***
Colerain township323*285*337*
Conestoga township42***56***31***
Conoy township29***92***56***
Drumore township131*128*238*
Earl township667*658*544*
East Cocalico township147**126**179***
East Donegal township122***93***42***
East Drumore township130**168**171***
East Earl township303**354**485*
East Hempfield township319**622**358**
East Lampeter township470*640*543**
Eden township159*197*256*
Elizabeth township67***110***61***
Ephrata township269*249*214**
Fulton township72***141*154**
Lancaster township529*538*238***
Leacock township613742*606*
Little Britain township86***180***380***
Manheim township799*1,009791*
Manor township172**368**287***
Martic township102***104***169***
Mount Joy township113***13***215***
Paradise township466*413477**
Penn township233***174***131**
Pequea township73***23***104***
Providence township197***185***142***
Rapho township122***221***65***
Sadsbury township272*244*278*
Salisbury township712895941
Strasburg township184**192**251***
Upper Leacock township516*441*611*
Warwick township211**333**456*
West Cocalico township108***24***81***
West Donegal township328**282**626***
West Earl township290**536*392*
West Hempfield township88***414**162**
West Lampeter township415**313**443*
Berks County13,89912,81314,000
Chester County9,2298,8418,523
Cumberland County5,9955,8695,117
Dauphin County10,82411,24211,200
Lebanon County4,0043,4003,866
York County10,3509,94610,030

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.
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