Plumstead township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Plumstead township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
56% of Plumstead township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7510
- Northeast: 1946
- Midwest: 618
- South: 669
- West: 232
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $294,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
People in group quarters in Plumstead township, Pennsylvania:
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 17 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 5 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,889
- One, attached: 865
- Two: 59
- 3 or 4: 65
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 7
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 195
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Plumstead township with a mortgage: 2,380 (262 second mortgage, 383 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 426
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plumstead township:
- German (22.6%)
- Irish (21.7%)
- Italian (14.2%)
- English (8.4%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Ukrainian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Germany (9%)
- India (8%)
- Italy (6%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,752 (84%)
- Carpooled: 262 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 17 (0%)
- Railroad: 76 (1%)
- Bicycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 102 (2%)
- Other means: 38 (1%)
- Worked at home: 410 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Plumstead township, Pennsylvania:
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 17 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 5 people in nursing homes
95.2% of residents of Plumstead township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,369- In family households: 10,417 (2,640 male householders, 524 female householders)
2,844 spouses, 4,065 children (3,889 natural, 69 adopted, 107 stepchildren), 84 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 96 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 952 (426 male householders (333 living alone)), 347 female householders (277 living alone)), 179 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (28 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,111 2-persons, 757 3-persons, 794 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 120 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 610 1-person, 146 2-persons, 17 3-persons,
3,037 married couples with children.
363 single-parent households (95 men, 268 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 299
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 131
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 81
| Here: | 27.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |