West Providence township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| West Providence township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of West Providence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2894
- Northeast: 51
- Midwest: 48
- South: 313
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,235
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 24
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 243
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in West Providence township with a mortgage: 378 (48 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 396
- Construction (21%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Providence township:
- German (37.1%)
- United States or American (24.9%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (5.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,294 (81%)
- Carpooled: 220 (14%)
- Walked: 49 (3%)
- Worked at home: 42 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (12%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
98.4% of residents of West Providence township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,314- In family households: 3,005 (937 male householders, 131 female householders)
923 spouses, 877 children (815 natural, 0 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 36 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 309 (106 male householders (84 living alone)), 172 female householders (162 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 534 2-persons, 242 3-persons, 231 4-persons, 61 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 246 1-person, 32 2-persons,
526 married couples with children.
115 single-parent households (40 men, 75 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 58.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |