Bell township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
Bell township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Bell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2310
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 29
- South: 47
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 796
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 11
- Mobile homes: 166
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,500
Housing units in Bell township with a mortgage: 301 (43 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 243
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bell township:
- German (26.6%)
- Italian (18.4%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- English (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (28%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Italy (17%)
- Germany (11%)
- Other Western Europe (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 903 (83%)
- Carpooled: 102 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (3%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Wood (1%)
96.9% of residents of Bell township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,472- In family households: 2,237 (606 male householders, 127 female householders)
596 spouses, 772 children (681 natural, 11 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 46 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 235 (92 male householders (81 living alone)), 116 female householders (105 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 292 2-persons, 196 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 186 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
444 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (27 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
Here: | 9.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
Here: | 18.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |