Bethlehem township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Bethlehem township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Bethlehem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13140
- Northeast: 4845
- Midwest: 747
- South: 746
- West: 183
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $150,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Bethlehem township, Pennsylvania:
- 428 people in nursing homes
- 212 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,871
- One, attached: 928
- Two: 125
- 3 or 4: 208
- 5 to 9: 163
- 10 to 19: 180
- 20 to 49: 60
- 50 or more: 110
- Mobile homes: 186
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Bethlehem township with a mortgage: 4,394 (454 second mortgage, 673 home equity loan, 28 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,833
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bethlehem township:
- German (21.8%)
- Italian (17.8%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Polish (5.5%)
- English (5.4%)
- Hungarian (4.3%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (11%)
- Italy (9%)
- Portugal (6%)
- Iran (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,995 (89%)
- Carpooled: 727 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 35 (0%)
- Walked: 137 (1%)
- Other means: 34 (0%)
- Worked at home: 153 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Bethlehem township, Pennsylvania:
- 428 people in nursing homes
- 212 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 10 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
89.8% of residents of Bethlehem township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,508- In family households: 18,546 (4,838 male householders, 1,071 female householders)
5,140 spouses, 6,707 children (6,387 natural, 113 adopted, 207 stepchildren), 191 grandchildren, 107 brothers or sisters, 102 parents, 174 other relatives, 216 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,962 (789 male householders (617 living alone)), 903 female householders (843 living alone)), 270 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 663 (551 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,378 2-persons, 1,356 3-persons, 1,404 4-persons, 569 5-persons, 176 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,460 1-person, 200 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
4,440 married couples with children.
582 single-parent households (129 men, 453 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 537
| Here: | 21.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 230
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 235
| Here: | 25.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |