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Bensalem township, Bucks County, PA

62,569 Population
19.9 square miles 3,149.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bucks County: 44 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,245 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $54,930 ±$796
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$79,053 ±$4,142 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $107,826 ±$1,516
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

10.2% ±2% (6,301  ±1,230) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Bucks County: 5.6% 35,830 (±0.4% / ±2,279)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

29.4 minutes ±0.8 (865,155  ±41,797) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 29.9 8,489,705 (±0.4 / ±142,388)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

24,400 ±625 Number of households
  • Bucks County: 246,834 ±807
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.6 ±0.1 (62,254  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 2.6 635,964 (±0 / ±83)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

5.3% ±1.3% (779  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bucks County: 4.6% 6,272 (±0.4% / ±593)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

25,206 ±604 Number of housing units
  • Bucks County: 255,599 ±177
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$327,600 ±$7,594 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bucks County: $395,800 ±$3,669
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

11.2% ±2.1% (6,930  ±1,281.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bucks County: 8.4% 53,424 (±0.4% / ±2,795.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

88.2% ±3.2% (39,173  ±1,594.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bucks County: 94.7% 439,385 (±1.1% / ±5,010.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
30.7% ±1.8% (13,652  ±,838.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bucks County: 43.3% 200,969 (±0.7% / ±3,145.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

21% ±1.5% (13,109  ±912) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Bucks County: 10.2% 65,580
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

4.8% ±0.7% (2,433  ±343) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bucks County: 5.9% 30,322 (±0.2% / ±1,147)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
2,433 Total veterans ±343 2,258 Male ±347 175 Female ±97

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