Wells township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Wells township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Wells township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 578
- Northeast: 615
- Midwest: 18
- South: 35
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
21 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 330
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 175
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600
Housing units in Wells township with a mortgage: 71 (6 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wells township:
- United States or American (20.6%)
- German (17.6%)
- English (16.9%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Polish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (75%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 448 (84%)
- Carpooled: 52 (10%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Wood (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
21 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of Wells township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,257- In family households: 1,107 (268 male householders, 81 female householders)
285 spouses, 386 children (374 natural, 6 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 11 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (64 male householders (52 living alone)), 44 female householders (33 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 160 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 85 1-person, 12 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
258 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (20 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |