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Bensalem township, Bucks County, PA

62,818 Population
19.9 square miles 3,162.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bucks County: 44.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$44,649 ±$2,109 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $59,022 ±$796
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$85,223 ±$5,125 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $114,764 ±$2,067
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

11.9% ±2.3% (7,423  ±1,431) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Bucks County: 6.1% 38,944 (±0.4% / ±2,607)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

28.9 minutes ±1 (781,830  ±47,665) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 29.1 7,740,300 (±0.3 / ±131,325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

24,550 ±610 Number of households
  • Bucks County: 249,187 ±727
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.5 ±0.1 (62,445  ±95) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 2.6 638,007 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

6.4% ±1.9% (877  ±269) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bucks County: 4.7% † 6,308 (±0.5% / ±706)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

25,415 ±638 Number of housing units
  • Bucks County: 257,260 ±158
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$364,400 ±$7,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bucks County: $445,700 ±$3,616
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

8.9% ±1.8% (5,543  ±1,090.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bucks County: 8.1% 51,803 (±0.4% / ±2,840.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

89.7% ±3.3% (40,981  ±1,681.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bucks County: 95% 445,561 (±1.1% / ±5,026.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
32.2% ±2% (14,705  ±948.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bucks County: 44.8% 209,914 (±0.7% / ±3,258.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.6% ±1.7% (12,957  ±1,093) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Bucks County: 10.4% 67,624
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

4.9% ±0.8% (2,475  ±411) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bucks County: 5.4% 28,052 (±0.2% / ±1,249)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
2,475 Total veterans ±411 2,262 Male ±355 213 Female ±134

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