Bridgeton township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (91% naturalized citizens)
| Bridgeton township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of Bridgeton 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, 40% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 806
- Northeast: 466
- Midwest: 37
- South: 47
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 523
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 47
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $90,000
Housing units in Bridgeton township with a mortgage: 199 (20 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Construction (27%)
- Paper (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bridgeton township:
- German (30.4%)
- Irish (15.0%)
- English (10.9%)
- Italian (9.0%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ukraine (30%)
- Germany (17%)
- Cuba (13%)
- Sweden (9%)
- Romania (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Japan (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 602 (79%)
- Carpooled: 82 (11%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
94.0% of residents of Bridgeton township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,408- In family households: 1,201 (295 male householders, 104 female householders)
326 spouses, 397 children (367 natural, 12 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 23 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 207 (100 male householders (76 living alone)), 60 female householders (44 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 176 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 120 1-person, 37 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
252 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (12 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 29.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |