Buckingham township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Buckingham township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
54% of Buckingham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% 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: 9623
- Northeast: 3859
- Midwest: 781
- South: 1063
- West: 394
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $244,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
People in group quarters in Buckingham township, Pennsylvania:
- 120 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other group homes
- 14 people in other workers' dormitories
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,961
- One, attached: 439
- Two: 95
- 3 or 4: 48
- 5 to 9: 33
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 270
Median worth of mobile homes: $132,600
Housing units in Buckingham township with a mortgage: 3,421 (335 second mortgage, 587 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,180
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buckingham township:
- Irish (19.5%)
- German (18.4%)
- Italian (16.7%)
- English (9.1%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Russian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (16%)
- Germany (11%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Italy (9%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Taiwan (7%)
- Other Northern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,441 (84%)
- Carpooled: 448 (6%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 18 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 18 (0%)
- Railroad: 96 (1%)
- Walked: 43 (1%)
- Other means: 45 (1%)
- Worked at home: 559 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Buckingham township, Pennsylvania:
- 120 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other group homes
- 14 people in other workers' dormitories
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
94.2% of residents of Buckingham township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,261- In family households: 14,959 (3,940 male householders, 736 female householders)
4,309 spouses, 5,523 children (5,332 natural, 105 adopted, 86 stepchildren), 74 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 84 parents, 154 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,302 (466 male householders (371 living alone)), 556 female householders (447 living alone)), 280 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 181 (126 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,852 2-persons, 972 3-persons, 1,120 4-persons, 535 5-persons, 168 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 818 1-person, 172 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
4,233 married couples with children.
299 single-parent households (92 men, 207 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 318
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 99
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 78
| Here: | 22.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |