Lower Makefield township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Makefield township: | 0.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Lower Makefield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1207
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 103
- South: 105
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Lower Makefield township, Pennsylvania:
- 113 people in nursing homes
- 89 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 44 people in other group homes
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 562
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 18
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Lower Makefield township with a mortgage: 205 (21 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 114
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Book stores and news dealers (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Engineers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Makefield township:
- United States or American (32.3%)
- German (31.2%)
- English (14.1%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Italian (1.4%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Austria (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 682 (81%)
- Carpooled: 51 (6%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 34 (4%)
- Worked at home: 70 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Lower Makefield township, Pennsylvania:
- 113 people in nursing homes
- 89 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 44 people in other group homes
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
95.9% of residents of Lower Makefield township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
2.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,511- In family households: 1,402 (403 male householders, 95 female householders)
433 spouses, 362 children (337 natural, 6 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 16 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (44 male householders (40 living alone)), 52 female householders (44 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 280 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 12 2-persons,
8,129 married couples with children.
673 single-parent households (160 men, 513 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 65.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |