Newtown township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Newtown township: | 8.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Newtown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10195
- Northeast: 4694
- Midwest: 656
- South: 854
- West: 262
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $236,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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
66 people in nursing homes
11 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,019
- One, attached: 2,953
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 140
- 5 to 9: 343
- 10 to 19: 194
- 20 to 49: 40
- 50 or more: 90
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $153,900
Housing units in Newtown township with a mortgage: 4,679 (478 second mortgage, 694 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 678
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newtown township:
- Italian (15.9%)
- German (15.8%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- English (8.1%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Russian (5.0%)
- Polish (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (13%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Ukraine (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Russia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,169 (85%)
- Carpooled: 518 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 10 (0%)
- Railroad: 413 (4%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 51 (1%)
- Other means: 24 (0%)
- Worked at home: 415 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
66 people in nursing homes
11 people in religious group quarters
90.3% of residents of Newtown township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,168- In family households: 16,168 (4,085 male householders, 1,027 female householders)
4,377 spouses, 6,227 children (5,771 natural, 227 adopted, 229 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 78 brothers or sisters, 93 parents, 137 other relatives, 98 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,000 (687 male householders (502 living alone)), 972 female householders (900 living alone)), 341 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 77 (66 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,850 2-persons, 1,266 3-persons, 1,400 4-persons, 433 5-persons, 137 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,402 1-person, 238 2-persons, 9 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
4,528 married couples with children.
607 single-parent households (131 men, 476 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 399
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 129
| Here: | 11.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 257
| Here: | 36.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |