West Bethlehem township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
West Bethlehem township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of West Bethlehem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1262
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 47
- South: 76
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 512
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 83
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,200
Housing units in West Bethlehem township with a mortgage: 119 (14 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 165
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Bethlehem township:
- German (21.9%)
- Italian (14.1%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Austria (17%)
- France (17%)
- Yugoslavia (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 501 (79%)
- Carpooled: 97 (15%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.7% of residents of West Bethlehem township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,443- In family households: 1,262 (342 male householders, 92 female householders)
345 spouses, 426 children (391 natural, 4 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 9 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (70 male householders (58 living alone)), 96 female householders (92 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 202 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 16 2-persons,
210 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (13 men, 64 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 13.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 31.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |