Tinicum township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (65% naturalized citizens)
Tinicum township: | 4.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Tinicum township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2645
- Northeast: 1037
- Midwest: 133
- South: 140
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $875,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
40 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,619
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 30
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 95
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $108,100
Housing units in Tinicum township with a mortgage: 549 (42 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 260
- Construction (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tinicum township:
- German (28.4%)
- Italian (12.2%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (11.5%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (34%)
- Italy (13%)
- Germany (10%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- India (7%)
- Poland (6%)
- Brazil (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,755 (79%)
- Carpooled: 185 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 24 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 10 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 12 (1%)
- Walked: 56 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 176 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
40 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.0% of residents of Tinicum township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,166- In family households: 3,533 (969 male householders, 214 female householders)
1,079 spouses, 1,122 children (1,057 natural, 20 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 46 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 633 (270 male householders (195 living alone)), 220 female householders (189 living alone)), 143 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 571 2-persons, 257 3-persons, 232 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 384 1-person, 101 2-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
734 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (30 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 4.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
Here: | 15.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
Here: | 39.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |