Bensalem township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Bensalem township: | 13.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Bensalem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 41081
- Northeast: 5026
- Midwest: 1160
- South: 2155
- West: 619
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Bensalem township, Pennsylvania:
- 191 people in nursing homes
- 93 people in other group homes
- 70 people in religious group quarters
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 12 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,812
- One, attached: 3,733
- Two: 751
- 3 or 4: 925
- 5 to 9: 1,872
- 10 to 19: 1,915
- 20 to 49: 1,722
- 50 or more: 1,846
- Mobile homes: 940
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,300
Housing units in Bensalem township with a mortgage: 8,725 (916 second mortgage, 1,507 home equity loan, 74 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,191
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bensalem township:
- Irish (18.9%)
- German (14.1%)
- Italian (12.9%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- English (5.1%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Russian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- Ukraine (12%)
- Korea (6%)
- Mexico (5%)
- Russia (5%)
- Pakistan (4%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 24,252 (79%)
- Carpooled: 3,734 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 300 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 116 (0%)
- Railroad: 834 (3%)
- Taxi: 28 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 27 (0%)
- Bicycle: 31 (0%)
- Walked: 575 (2%)
- Other means: 86 (0%)
- Worked at home: 652 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (39%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Bensalem township, Pennsylvania:
- 191 people in nursing homes
- 93 people in other group homes
- 70 people in religious group quarters
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 12 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
82.8% of residents of Bensalem township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
9.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 58,014- In family households: 48,689 (11,239 male householders, 3,904 female householders)
12,087 spouses, 17,553 children (16,235 natural, 391 adopted, 927 stepchildren), 977 grandchildren, 475 brothers or sisters, 517 parents, 875 other relatives, 1,062 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9,325 (3,948 male householders (3,002 living alone)), 3,544 female householders (2,954 living alone)), 1,833 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 420 (192 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,634 2-persons, 3,824 3-persons, 3,340 4-persons, 1,546 5-persons, 554 6-persons, 245 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,956 1-person, 1,313 2-persons, 142 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 12 6-persons,
9,626 married couples with children.
2,595 single-parent households (684 men, 1,911 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,726
| Here: | 26.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 723
| Here: | 21.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 951
| Here: | 38.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |