Bethel township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Bethel township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
55% of Bethel 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, 35% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4485
- Northeast: 505
- Midwest: 149
- South: 793
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Bethel township, Pennsylvania:
- 90 people in nursing homes
- 57 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,741
- One, attached: 206
- Two: 29
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,200
Housing units in Bethel township with a mortgage: 1,473 (109 second mortgage, 277 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 288
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Construction (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Petroleum and coal products (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (2%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bethel township:
- Irish (22.8%)
- Italian (18.3%)
- German (14.1%)
- English (8.3%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (18%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- India (14%)
- Italy (9%)
- South Africa (6%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Netherlands (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,826 (86%)
- Carpooled: 199 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 34 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 98 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 96 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
People in group quarters in Bethel township, Pennsylvania:
- 90 people in nursing homes
- 57 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.9% of residents of Bethel township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,262- In family households: 5,968 (1,522 male householders, 248 female householders)
1,553 spouses, 2,447 children (2,262 natural, 98 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 39 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 294 (108 male householders (56 living alone)), 110 female householders (93 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 159 (76 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 526 2-persons, 399 3-persons, 538 4-persons, 227 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 149 1-person, 60 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
1,803 married couples with children.
142 single-parent households (37 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 38
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |