West Rockhill township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (44% naturalized citizens)
| West Rockhill township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of West Rockhill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3586
- Northeast: 218
- Midwest: 78
- South: 146
- West: 61
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in West Rockhill township, Pennsylvania:
- 116 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 30 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,124
- One, attached: 80
- Two: 74
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 7
- 50 or more: 190
- Mobile homes: 148
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,100
Housing units in West Rockhill township with a mortgage: 516 (36 second mortgage, 115 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 295
- Construction (17%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Rockhill township:
- German (36.6%)
- English (11.3%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Italian (7.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.3%)
- Polish (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (26%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Germany (13%)
- Other Northern Europe (9%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- Hungary (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,815 (85%)
- Carpooled: 224 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 20 (1%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in West Rockhill township, Pennsylvania:
- 116 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 30 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
93.6% of residents of West Rockhill township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 51% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,034- In family households: 3,457 (944 male householders, 206 female householders)
1,028 spouses, 1,137 children (1,056 natural, 7 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 11 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 577 (178 male householders (134 living alone)), 309 female householders (284 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 199 (114 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 528 2-persons, 236 3-persons, 242 4-persons, 105 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 418 1-person, 57 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
680 married couples with children.
119 single-parent households (41 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 21.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |