Bedminster township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Bedminster township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Bedminster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3818
- Northeast: 465
- Midwest: 148
- South: 150
- West: 58
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
7 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,413
- One, attached: 188
- Two: 92
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 37
- Mobile homes: 69
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,500
Housing units in Bedminster township with a mortgage: 662 (89 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 212
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bedminster township:
- German (36.5%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- Italian (8.8%)
- English (7.9%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.7%)
- United States or American (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Canada (12%)
- Germany (12%)
- Korea (12%)
- France (7%)
- Russia (7%)
- Honduras (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,965 (81%)
- Carpooled: 186 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Railroad: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 83 (3%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 150 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
7 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.2% of residents of Bedminster township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,794- In family households: 4,240 (1,174 male householders, 171 female householders)
1,179 spouses, 1,541 children (1,450 natural, 59 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 77 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 554 (210 male householders (147 living alone)), 238 female householders (201 living alone)), 106 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 589 2-persons, 272 3-persons, 297 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 348 1-person, 93 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
988 married couples with children.
122 single-parent households (50 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 78
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 64
| Here: | 32.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |