Smithfield township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
Smithfield township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Smithfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1071
- Northeast: 315
- Midwest: 43
- South: 45
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 484
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 148
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,900
Housing units in Smithfield township with a mortgage: 119 (8 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 77
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smithfield township:
- English (22.0%)
- German (17.8%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Other Southern Europe (19%)
- Germany (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (7%)
- Korea (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 560 (80%)
- Carpooled: 71 (10%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 43 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Wood (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.8% of residents of Smithfield township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,529- In family households: 1,375 (386 male householders, 63 female householders)
383 spouses, 461 children (421 natural, 11 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 22 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 154 (68 male householders (52 living alone)), 59 female householders (55 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 110 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 107 1-person, 19 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
325 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (28 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 5.0% |
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: | 31.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |