Richland township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7975
- Northeast: 899
- Midwest: 162
- South: 394
- West: 119
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,000
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: 0.5% of all households
55 people in homes for the mentally retarded
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,779
- One, attached: 849
- Two: 147
- 3 or 4: 50
- 5 to 9: 69
- 10 to 19: 24
- 50 or more: 172
- Mobile homes: 787
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 1,580 (200 second mortgage, 232 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 519
- Construction (16%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (30.5%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- Italian (12.0%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- English (6.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.8%)
- Polish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (18%)
- Germany (17%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- India (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Egypt (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,168 (85%)
- Carpooled: 515 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Railroad: 16 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 51 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 125 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
55 people in homes for the mentally retarded
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.8% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (14% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 49% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,851- In family households: 8,548 (2,038 male householders, 633 female householders)
2,200 spouses, 3,187 children (3,049 natural, 41 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 67 brothers or sisters, 94 parents, 130 other relatives, 156 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,303 (525 male householders (421 living alone)), 560 female householders (457 living alone)), 218 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 69 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,022 2-persons, 650 3-persons, 605 4-persons, 273 5-persons, 80 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 878 1-person, 195 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
2,086 married couples with children.
371 single-parent households (143 men, 228 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 191
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
| Here: | 43.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |