Hopewell township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Hopewell township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Hopewell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1748
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 24
- South: 84
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 703
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 142
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Hopewell township with a mortgage: 229 (16 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Construction (17%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Leather and allied products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hopewell township:
- German (37.5%)
- United States or American (17.7%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Polish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 686 (78%)
- Carpooled: 155 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
97.9% of residents of Hopewell township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,899- In family households: 1,676 (461 male householders, 97 female householders)
459 spouses, 572 children (517 natural, 20 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 19 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 223 (91 male householders (68 living alone)), 104 female householders (99 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 241 2-persons, 142 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 167 1-person, 24 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
342 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (18 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |