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Southampton township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)

Southampton township:

0.5%
Whole state:

4.1%

77% of Southampton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 28% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 306
  • Northeast: 10
  • Midwest: 25
  • South: 609
  • West: 12

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Southampton township, PA map Southampton township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $47,200


Housing units in Southampton township with a mortgage: 54 (2 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 7
  • 1995 to 1998: 42
  • 1990 to 1994: 52
  • 1980 to 1989: 82
  • 1970 to 1979: 110
  • 1960 to 1969: 54
  • 1950 to 1959: 42
  • 1940 to 1949: 23
  • 1939 or earlier: 103

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 8
  • 4 rooms: 51
  • 5 rooms: 95
  • 6 rooms: 77
  • 7 rooms: 53
  • 8 rooms: 23
  • 9 or more rooms: 22

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southampton township, Pennsylvania:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 2
  • 4 rooms: 5
  • 5 rooms: 15
  • 6 rooms: 9
  • 7 rooms: 3
  • 8 rooms: 4
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Southampton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 11
  • 2 bedrooms: 102
  • 3 bedrooms: 156
  • 4 bedrooms: 49
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 11

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southampton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 4
  • 2 bedrooms: 8
  • 3 bedrooms: 20
  • 4 bedrooms: 4
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Southampton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 9
  • 1 vehicle: 65
  • 2 vehicles: 147
  • 3 vehicles: 91
  • 4 vehicles: 10
  • 5 or more vehicles: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Southampton township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 9
  • 2 vehicles: 23
  • 3 vehicles: 6
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (24%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
  • Wood products (11%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Machinery (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Woodworkers (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Personal appearance workers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Southampton township:

  • German (30.3%)
  • United States or American (25.1%)
  • Irish (8.0%)
  • English (7.4%)
  • Swiss (4.5%)
  • Italian (3.9%)
  • Polish (3.7%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Germany (40%)
  • Korea (40%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
  • Wood (35%)
  • Electricity (11%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Coal or coke (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

98.2% of residents of Southampton township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 967

Size of family households: 122 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 9 2-persons, 3 4-persons,

221 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (7 men, 8 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here:

19.6%
Pennsylvania:

16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here:

9.0%
Pennsylvania:

13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here:

11.8%
Pennsylvania:

37.3%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Southampton township:

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