Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Bechtelsville borough, Pennsylvania
[For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 100.0
SEX AND AGE
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 50.6
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 49.4
Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 6.7
5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 8.6
10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 7.7
15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 6.4
20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 6.3
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 14.2
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 19.1
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 11.7
55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.0
60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2.8
65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 9.7
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.1
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0.6
Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.0 (X)
18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 73.1
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 36.0
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 37.2
21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 69.0
62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 14.7
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 12.5
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 5.8
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 6.7
RACE
One race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929 99.8
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 924 99.2
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.1
Asian Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Japanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Korean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Vietnamese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.1
Other Asian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . - -
Native Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Guamanian or Chamorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Samoan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Other Pacific Islander 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.3
Two or more races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.2
Race alone or in combination with one
or more other races: 3
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 99.5
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . - -
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0.5
Subject Number Percent
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0.6
Mexican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0.5
Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925 99.4
White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923 99.1
RELATIONSHIP
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 100.0
In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 100.0
Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 37.4
Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 23.3
Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 32.3
Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 25.0
Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.7
Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.2
Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 4.3
Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.0
In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
Total households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 100.0
Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 75.0
With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 128 36.8
Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 62.4
With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 102 29.3
Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 34 9.8
With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 20 5.7
Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 25.0
Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 19.0
Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7.5
Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 138 39.7
Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 79 22.7
Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.68 (X)
Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.08 (X)
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 100.0
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 95.1
Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.9
For seasonal, recreational, or
occasional use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 (X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 (X)
HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 100.0
Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 72.1
Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 27.9
Average household size of owner-occupied units. 2.83 (X)
Average household size of renter-occupied units . 2.27 (X)
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1 Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2 Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3 In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages
may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
U.S. Census Bureau
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Table DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Bechtelsville borough, Pennsylvania
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over
enrolled in school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 100.0
Nursery school, preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9.9
Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 57.9
High school (grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 21.1
College or graduate school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 617 100.0
Less than 9th grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 13.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency). . . . . 279 45.2
Some college, no degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 17.7
Associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6.8
Bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 7.6
Graduate or professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.8
Percent high school graduate or higher . . . . . . . . . 80.1 (X)
Percent bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 (X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 735 100.0
Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 20.4
Now married, except separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 63.1
Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.4
Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.6
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3.3
Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 10.5
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 6.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with
one or more own grandchildren under
18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren . . . . . . - -
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over . . 691 100.0
Civilian veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 12.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 100.0
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10.2
Population 21 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 100.0
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 13.6
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.1 (X)
No disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 86.4
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.3 (X)
Population 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 113 100.0
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 38.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . 887 100.0
Same house in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 61.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 38.1
Same county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 17.7
Different county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 20.4
Same state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 15.3
Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5.1
Elsewhere in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Subject Number Percent
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930 100.0
Native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 98.2
Born in United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 97.8
State of residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 85.6
Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 12.3
Born outside United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.3
Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0.4
Naturalized citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1.8
Not a citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 100.0
Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 17.6
Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 23.5
Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 17.6
Oceania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 17.6
Northern America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 23.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887 100.0
English only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 93.5
Language other than English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 6.5
Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 10 1.1
Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.1
Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 5 0.6
Other Indo-European languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3.9
Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 5 0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages. . . . . . . . . . . 4 0.5
Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . - -
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 930 100.0
Total ancestries reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076 115.7
Arab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0.9
Czech1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0.6
Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.3
Dutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.7
English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 7.7
French (except Basque)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3.5
French Canadian1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 44.9
Greek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Hungarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.0
Irish1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 14.0
Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.7
Lithuanian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0.6
Norwegian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Polish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.0
Portuguese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.3
Scotch-Irish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.5
Scottish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0.4
Slovak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2.2
Subsaharan African. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Swedish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.5
Swiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.5
Ukrainian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.3
United States or American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 5.2
Welsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) . . . . . . . . - -
Other ancestries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 13.5
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian.
French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
U.S. Census Bureau
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Table DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Bechtelsville borough, Pennsylvania
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 100.0
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 77.6
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 77.6
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 75.8
Unemployed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.8
Percent of civilian labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 (X)
Armed Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 22.4
Females 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 100.0
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 74.7
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 74.7
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 72.5
Own children under 6 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 100.0
All parents in family in labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 81.8
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 100.0
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 84.8
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 10.0
Public transportation (including taxicab) . . . . . . . . . - -
Walked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.1
Other means. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0.7
Worked at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3.3
Mean travel time to work (minutes)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 (X)
Employed civilian population
16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 100.0
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 22.1
Service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 14.1
Sales and office occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 25.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . 4 0.7
Construction, extraction, and maintenance
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 8.2
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 29.6
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting,
and mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.4
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 7.9
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 25.8
Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 6.0
Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 14.3
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities . . . . 26 4.8
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.4
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and
leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6.9
Professional, scientific, management, administrative,
and waste management services . . . . . . . 32 5.9
Educational, health and social services . . . . . . . . . 61 11.2
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation
and food services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5.7
Other services (except public administration) . . . . 27 4.9
Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.0
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 86.1
Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6.2
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6.2
Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.5
Subject Number Percent
INCOME IN 1999
Households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 100.0
Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.7
$10,000 to $14,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 6.8
$15,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 8.2
$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 8.5
$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 24.4
$50,000 to $74,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 26.4
$75,000 to $99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 13.9
$100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8.0
$150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Median household income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,846 (X)
With earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 85.2
Mean earnings (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,446 (X)
With Social Security income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 19.0
Mean Social Security income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . 14,025 (X)
With Supplemental Security Income . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.8
Mean Supplemental Security Income
(dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,300 (X)
With public assistance income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Mean public assistance income (dollars)1 . . . . . - (X)
With retirement income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 15.1
Mean retirement income (dollars)1. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,261 (X)
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 100.0
Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1
$10,000 to $14,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$15,000 to $24,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.4
$25,000 to $34,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 13.6
$35,000 to $49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 27.6
$50,000 to $74,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 29.0
$75,000 to $99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 14.0
$100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 10.3
$150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Median family income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,045 (X)
Per capita income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,627 (X)
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,937 (X)
Female full-time, year-round workers . . . . . . . . . . . 23,828 (X)
Subject
Number
below
poverty
level
Percent
below
poverty
level
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1
With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.3
With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . - -
Families with female householder, no
husband present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 11.1
With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 25.0
With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . - -
Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.1
18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.3
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.3
Related children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3
Related children 5 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.6
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 13 11.4
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator.
See text.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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Table DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Bechtelsville borough, Pennsylvania
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent
Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 100.0
UNITS IN STRUCTURE
1-unit, detached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 61.3
1-unit, attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 25.8
2 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.1
3 or 4 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.5
5 to 9 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.9
10 to 19 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.8
20 or more units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Mobile home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.5
Boat, RV, van, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10.2
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 17.6
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 15.4
1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6.9
1940 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 19.2
1939 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 30.8
ROOMS
1 room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
2 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1
3 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.7
4 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 9.9
5 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 19.8
6 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 28.3
7 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 12.9
8 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 15.1
9 or more rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10.2
Median (rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 (X)
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 100.0
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 11.8
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 23.7
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 20.2
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 20.2
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 13.9
1969 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 10.1
VEHICLES AVAILABLE
None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 9.0
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 14.2
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 54.0
3 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 22.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL
Utility gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.9
Bottled, tank, or LP gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.9
Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 41.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 51.4
Coal or coke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.7
Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.6
Solar energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Other fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.9
No fuel used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS
Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Lacking complete kitchen facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
No telephone service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Subject Number Percent
OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 100.0
1.00 or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 100.0
1.01 to 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1.51 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Specified owner-occupied units . . . . . . . . 253 100.0
VALUE
Less than $50,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$50,000 to $99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 42.3
$100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 52.6
$150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.1
$200,000 to $299,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$300,000 to $499,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$500,000 to $999,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,900 (X)
MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
With a mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 72.3
Less than $300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4
$500 to $699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.3
$700 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 20.9
$1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 40.7
$1,500 to $1,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.0
$2,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,072 (X)
Not mortgaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 27.7
Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 (X)
SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
INCOME IN 1999
Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 36.4
15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 18.6
20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 15.4
25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 8.3
30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5.9
35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 15.4
Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Specified renter-occupied units . . . . . . . . 70 100.0
GROSS RENT
Less than $200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4.3
$200 to $299 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.9
$300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 35.7
$500 to $749 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 40.0
$750 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 14.3
$1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
$1,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
No cash rent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.9
Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 (X)
GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 27.1
15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 20.0
20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 18.6
25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11.4
30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.9
35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 17.1
Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.9
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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