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Garbage Disposal Repair in Pennsylvania
Across the 303 Pennsylvania towns we route calls in, 44% of housing units are detached houses and 24% are in multi-unit buildings. That split decides who owns the machine under the sink, which decides who pays for it.
The quick answer
Of the housing in the 303 Pennsylvania towns covered here, 44% is detached, 24% sits in multi-unit buildings and 2% is manufactured. Ownership of the disposal follows that split far more reliably than the fault does.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024.
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How Pennsylvania is built
| Housing type | Share of housing units |
|---|---|
| Detached houses | 44% |
| Attached houses | 30% |
| Multi-unit buildings | 24% |
| Manufactured and mobile homes | 2% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25024 (units in structure), 2023 release. Universe: 2,607,649 housing units including vacant ones, across the areas we cover.
The state does not divide evenly: 145 Pennsylvania towns lead on detached houses, 136 Pennsylvania towns lead on single-family housing, 11 Pennsylvania towns lead on manufactured homes, 8 Pennsylvania towns lead on a mix of building types, 3 Pennsylvania towns lead on multi-unit buildings. That is why the town pages below carry their own figure rather than inheriting this one.
The largest towns we route
| Town | Detached | Multi-unit | Housing units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 8% | 35% | 739,774 |
| Reading | 41% | 25% | 90,232 |
| Lancaster | 42% | 27% | 70,961 |
| West Chester | 51% | 24% | 43,450 |
| Norristown | 36% | 34% | 37,956 |
| Bethlehem | 57% | 22% | 37,580 |
| Easton | 52% | 22% | 37,127 |
| Mechanicsburg | 58% | 18% | 36,158 |
Checking a plumber in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has no state license for plumbers. Its Department of Labor and Industry states it has no jurisdiction and keeps no records of which municipalities require one, so the only reliable answer is your own city or township. Start here. Ask the contractor which municipality licenses them and confirm it with that office before work begins.
Towns we route in Pennsylvania
- Abington 71% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Adamstown 67% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Airville 88% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Akron 53% detached · 28% multi-unit
- Alburtis 58% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Ambler 61% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Ardmore 21% detached · 32% multi-unit
- Aspers 86% detached · under 1% multi-unit
- Aston 69% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Atglen 83% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Avondale 79% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Bainbridge 81% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Bala Cynwyd 52% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Bally 62% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Bangor 72% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Barto 94% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Bath 69% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Bechtelsville 80% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Bendersville 60% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Bensalem 40% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Bernville 89% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Berwyn 72% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Bessemer 85% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Bethel 92% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Bethlehem 57% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Big Cove Tannery 90% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Biglerville 81% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Bird In Hand 82% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Birdsboro 70% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Blairs Mills 78% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Blandon 76% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Blue Bell 57% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Blue Ridge Summit 53% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Boiling Springs 81% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Boyertown 64% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Bridgeport 26% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Bristol 41% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Brogue 81% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Brookhaven 45% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Broomall 83% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Brownstown 89% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Bryn Athyn 78% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Bryn Mawr 50% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Camp Hill 68% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Carlisle 56% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Chadds Ford 69% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Chalfont 70% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Chambersburg 60% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Cheltenham 65% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Chester 9% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Chester Springs 69% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Christiana 70% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Clifton Heights 33% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Coatesville 60% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Cochranville 84% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Collegeville 67% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Colmar 38% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Columbia 46% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Conestoga 81% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Conshohocken 26% detached · 41% multi-unit
- Croydon 74% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Crum Lynne 18% detached · 35% multi-unit
- Dallastown 60% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Danielsville 94% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Darby 14% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Delta 90% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Denver 76% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Devon 51% detached · 37% multi-unit
- Douglassville 83% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Downingtown 64% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Doylesburg 52% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Doylestown 63% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Dresher 71% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Drexel Hill 35% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Drumore 85% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Dublin 50% detached · 35% multi-unit
- East Earl 77% detached · 7% multi-unit
- East Greenville 60% detached · 13% multi-unit
- East Petersburg 71% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Easton 52% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Elkins Park 45% detached · 41% multi-unit
- Ellwood City 81% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Elverson 80% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Enola 54% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Enon Valley 73% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Ephrata 50% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Erwinna 100% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Essington 42% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Exton 43% detached · 35% multi-unit
- Fairfield 91% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Fairless Hills 75% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Fannettsburg 79% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Farrell 75% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Fawn Grove 96% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Fayetteville 84% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Feasterville Trevose 72% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Felton 93% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Fleetwood 74% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Flourtown 69% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Folcroft 12% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Folsom 67% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Fort Loudon 91% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Fort Washington 70% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Fountainville 86% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Furlong 67% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Gap 77% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Gardners 80% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Garnet Valley 84% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Gilbertsville 85% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Gladwyne 81% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Glen Mills 51% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Glen Rock 81% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Glenmoore 84% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Glenolden 27% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Glenside 71% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Glenville 97% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Gordonville 58% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Green Lane 81% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Greencastle 80% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Gwynedd 20% detached · 70% multi-unit
- Hamburg 59% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Hanover 64% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Harleysville 64% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Harrisonville 75% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Hatboro 66% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Hatfield 50% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Haverford 41% detached · 49% multi-unit
- Havertown 73% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Hellertown 66% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Hereford 37% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Hermitage 72% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Holmes 47% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Holtwood 79% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Honey Brook 59% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Horsham 35% detached · 39% multi-unit
- Huntingdon Valley 74% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Hustontown 81% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Jamison 81% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Jenkintown 51% detached · 39% multi-unit
- Kempton 94% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Kennett Square 63% detached · 20% multi-unit
- King Of Prussia 35% detached · 52% multi-unit
- Kintnersville 95% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Kinzers 68% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Kirkwood 86% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Kutztown 57% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Lafayette Hill 63% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Lancaster 42% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Landenberg 90% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Landisville 80% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Langhorne 57% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Lansdale 45% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Lansdowne 24% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Leesport 81% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Lemoyne 41% detached · 36% multi-unit
- Lenhartsville 91% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Lenni 84% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Leola 66% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Levittown 78% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Lincoln University 98% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Line Lexington 100% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Lititz 57% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Lyon Station 63% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Malvern 57% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Manchester 68% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Manheim 73% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Marcus Hook 46% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Marietta 46% detached · 18% multi-unit
- McConnellsburg 72% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Mechanicsburg 58% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Media 53% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Mercersburg 79% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Merion Station 77% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Mertztown 91% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Millersville 40% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Mohnton 81% detached · 10% multi-unit
- Mohrsville 88% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Mont Alto 69% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Mont Clare 32% detached · 42% multi-unit
- Morgantown 77% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Morrisville 63% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Morton 60% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Mount Bethel 74% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Mount Holly Springs 72% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Mount Wolf 80% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Mountville 44% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Narberth 54% detached · 35% multi-unit
- Narvon 83% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Nazareth 73% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Needmore 84% detached · 1% multi-unit
- New Berlinville 39% detached · 0% multi-unit
- New Castle 77% detached · 14% multi-unit
- New Freedom 90% detached · 5% multi-unit
- New Holland 63% detached · 15% multi-unit
- New Hope 77% detached · 8% multi-unit
- New Park 93% detached · 2% multi-unit
- New Providence 61% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Newburg 89% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Newtown 58% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Newtown Square 61% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Newville 71% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Norristown 36% detached · 34% multi-unit
- North Wales 49% detached · 18% multi-unit
- Northampton 54% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Norwood 38% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Nottingham 69% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Oley 84% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Orbisonia 82% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Oreland 91% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Orrstown 78% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Orrtanna 96% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Ottsville 93% detached · 3% multi-unit
- Oxford 70% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Paoli 67% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Paradise 75% detached · 9% multi-unit
- Parkesburg 71% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Peach Bottom 79% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Pen Argyl 57% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Pennsburg 62% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Pequea 94% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Perkasie 64% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Perkiomenville 85% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Philadelphia 8% detached · 35% multi-unit
- Phoenixville 50% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Pipersville 89% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Plymouth Meeting 67% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Portland 71% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Pottstown 55% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Prospect Park 37% detached · 40% multi-unit
- Pulaski 80% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Quakertown 58% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Quarryville 73% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Quincy 0% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Reading 41% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Red Hill 43% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Red Lion 57% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Reinholds 82% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Richboro 95% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Richlandtown 47% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Ridley Park 39% detached · 26% multi-unit
- Riegelsville 82% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Robesonia 76% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Ronks 76% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Royersford 42% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Saint Thomas 69% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Schwenksville 75% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Scotland 88% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Sellersville 50% detached · 20% multi-unit
- Seven Valleys 84% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Shade Gap 86% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Sharon 69% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Sharon Hill 12% detached · 15% multi-unit
- Shippensburg 59% detached · 22% multi-unit
- Shoemakersville 74% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Shrewsbury 69% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Souderton 53% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Southampton 72% detached · 14% multi-unit
- Spring City 55% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Spring Grove 82% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Spring Run 73% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Springfield 86% detached · 6% multi-unit
- State Line 56% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Stevens 74% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Stewartstown 77% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Strasburg 83% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Summerdale 50% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Swarthmore 47% detached · 24% multi-unit
- Tatamy 59% detached · 25% multi-unit
- Telford 59% detached · 17% multi-unit
- Temple 65% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Thomasville 63% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Thorndale 39% detached · 39% multi-unit
- Thornton 100% detached · 0% multi-unit
- Three Springs 81% detached · 4% multi-unit
- Topton 42% detached · 29% multi-unit
- Toughkenamon 76% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Trumbauersville 60% detached · 33% multi-unit
- Upper Black Eddy 89% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Upper Darby 12% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Villanova 94% detached · 1% multi-unit
- Wallingford 72% detached · 12% multi-unit
- Walnutport 70% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Wampum 79% detached · 6% multi-unit
- Warminster 58% detached · 27% multi-unit
- Warrington 61% detached · 19% multi-unit
- Washington Boro 93% detached · 5% multi-unit
- Washington Crossing 78% detached · 2% multi-unit
- Wayne 55% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Waynesboro 65% detached · 16% multi-unit
- Wernersville 66% detached · 13% multi-unit
- West Chester 51% detached · 24% multi-unit
- West Grove 76% detached · 13% multi-unit
- Willow Grove 62% detached · 30% multi-unit
- Willow Street 51% detached · 28% multi-unit
- Wind Gap 67% detached · 21% multi-unit
- Windsor 73% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Womelsdorf 76% detached · 11% multi-unit
- Woodlyn 49% detached · 23% multi-unit
- Wrightsville 72% detached · 7% multi-unit
- Wyncote 37% detached · 51% multi-unit
- Wynnewood 64% detached · 32% multi-unit
- York 73% detached · 8% multi-unit
- Zieglerville 31% detached · 46% multi-unit
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