Bristol township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (49% naturalized citizens)
Bristol township: | 5.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Bristol township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 41647
- Northeast: 6696
- Midwest: 707
- South: 2479
- West: 494
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $99,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
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
People in group quarters in Bristol township, Pennsylvania:
- 197 people in nursing homes
- 92 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 51 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 4 people in other group homes
- 3 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 15,740
- One, attached: 684
- Two: 211
- 3 or 4: 330
- 5 to 9: 303
- 10 to 19: 1,142
- 20 to 49: 1,043
- 50 or more: 896
- Mobile homes: 128
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,800
Housing units in Bristol township with a mortgage: 10,421 (1,247 second mortgage, 1,764 home equity loan, 81 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,126
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bristol township:
- Irish (21.3%)
- German (17.7%)
- Italian (14.5%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- English (5.9%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (20%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (5%)
- Guyana (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 22,255 (82%)
- Carpooled: 3,064 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 112 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 25 (0%)
- Railroad: 496 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 19 (0%)
- Bicycle: 131 (0%)
- Walked: 436 (2%)
- Other means: 254 (1%)
- Worked at home: 420 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Bristol township, Pennsylvania:
- 197 people in nursing homes
- 92 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 51 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 4 people in other group homes
- 3 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
91.7% of residents of Bristol township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 55,156- In family households: 48,753 (10,778 male householders, 3,751 female householders)
11,001 spouses, 18,355 children (17,134 natural, 377 adopted, 844 stepchildren), 1,485 grandchildren, 362 brothers or sisters, 606 parents, 1,075 other relatives, 1,340 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,403 (2,436 male householders (1,884 living alone)), 2,778 female householders (2,339 living alone)), 1,189 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 386 (196 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,951 2-persons, 3,518 3-persons, 3,423 4-persons, 1,638 5-persons, 724 6-persons, 275 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,223 1-person, 869 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
9,362 married couples with children.
3,123 single-parent households (868 men, 2,255 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,819
Here: | 26.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 510
Here: | 16.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 470
Here: | 23.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |