Bridgewater township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Bridgewater township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Bridgewater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1613
- Northeast: 826
- Midwest: 43
- South: 95
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
43 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 943
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 213
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,300
Housing units in Bridgewater township with a mortgage: 269 (27 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 216
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bridgewater township:
- English (22.6%)
- German (16.9%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- United States or American (10.1%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (19%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Russia (14%)
- Ireland (8%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- France (5%)
- Portugal (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 956 (78%)
- Carpooled: 149 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (4%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 51 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (12%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
43 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.0% of residents of Bridgewater township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,625- In family households: 2,293 (632 male householders, 155 female householders)
675 spouses, 716 children (655 natural, 24 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 3 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 332 (137 male householders (100 living alone)), 139 female householders (126 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 47 (3 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 407 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 226 1-person, 46 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
483 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (31 men, 90 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |