East Rockhill township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (43% naturalized citizens)
| East Rockhill township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of East Rockhill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4290
- Northeast: 444
- Midwest: 74
- South: 149
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
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
23 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,396
- One, attached: 252
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 81
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 67
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in East Rockhill township with a mortgage: 1,075 (90 second mortgage, 148 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 248
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Rockhill township:
- German (33.1%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- Italian (10.9%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- English (6.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.3%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (25%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Ecuador (13%)
- Canada (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Hungary (5%)
- Russia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,454 (89%)
- Carpooled: 134 (5%)
- Railroad: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 25 (1%)
- Worked at home: 111 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
23 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.2% of residents of East Rockhill township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,161- In family households: 4,686 (1,166 male householders, 262 female householders)
1,235 spouses, 1,777 children (1,731 natural, 6 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 41 other relatives, 128 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 475 (241 male householders (175 living alone)), 152 female householders (136 living alone)), 82 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (24 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 514 2-persons, 340 3-persons, 352 4-persons, 145 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 311 1-person, 77 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
1,278 married couples with children.
145 single-parent households (54 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 213
| Here: | 29.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 51
| Here: | 32.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |