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Upper Southampton township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 5 (69% naturalized citizens)

Upper Southampton township:

5.0%
Whole state:

4.1%

71% of Upper Southampton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 13239
  • Northeast: 938
  • Midwest: 241
  • South: 416
  • West: 106

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,900


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in Upper Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 132 people in other group homes
  • 34 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 3 people in religious group quarters
Upper Southampton township, PA map Upper Southampton township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $187,500


Housing units in Upper Southampton township with a mortgage: 3,070 (192 second mortgage, 583 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,521

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 20
  • 1995 to 1998: 240
  • 1990 to 1994: 124
  • 1980 to 1989: 833
  • 1970 to 1979: 1,361
  • 1960 to 1969: 1,559
  • 1950 to 1959: 1,509
  • 1940 to 1949: 257
  • 1939 or earlier: 220

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Upper Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 6
  • 2 rooms: 12
  • 3 rooms: 86
  • 4 rooms: 200
  • 5 rooms: 493
  • 6 rooms: 848
  • 7 rooms: 1,123
  • 8 rooms: 1,286
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,009

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upper Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 62
  • 2 rooms: 156
  • 3 rooms: 255
  • 4 rooms: 236
  • 5 rooms: 149
  • 6 rooms: 41
  • 7 rooms: 47
  • 8 rooms: 16
  • 9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Upper Southampton township:

  • no bedroom: 6
  • 1 bedroom: 145
  • 2 bedrooms: 482
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,514
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,679
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 237

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upper Southampton township:

  • no bedroom: 62
  • 1 bedroom: 423
  • 2 bedrooms: 347
  • 3 bedrooms: 98
  • 4 bedrooms: 38
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Upper Southampton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 101
  • 1 vehicle: 1,153
  • 2 vehicles: 2,664
  • 3 vehicles: 814
  • 4 vehicles: 241
  • 5 or more vehicles: 90

Cars and other vehicles available in Upper Southampton township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 195
  • 1 vehicle: 467
  • 2 vehicles: 263
  • 3 vehicles: 37
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 6

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (14%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
  • Educational services (3%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Accommodation and food services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Southampton township:

  • German (22.2%)
  • Irish (21.7%)
  • Italian (12.8%)
  • United States or American (6.9%)
  • Polish (5.5%)
  • English (5.4%)
  • Russian (4.5%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Ukraine (23%)
  • Russia (14%)
  • Germany (9%)
  • Other Western Asia (7%)
  • Other Eastern Europe (5%)
  • Italy (4%)
  • Yugoslavia (4%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (59%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
  • Electricity (14%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Upper Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 132 people in other group homes
  • 34 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 3 people in religious group quarters

92.2% of residents of Upper Southampton township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 15,588

Size of family households: 1,999 2-persons, 982 3-persons, 919 4-persons, 390 5-persons, 145 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 1,356 1-person, 177 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 6 5-persons,

2,810 married couples with children.
337 single-parent households (82 men, 255 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 412
Here:

25.3%
Pennsylvania:

16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 127
Here:

16.3%
Pennsylvania:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 216
Here:

35.0%
Pennsylvania:

37.3%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Upper Southampton township:

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