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Bensalem township, Bucks County, PA

62,689 Population
19.9 square miles 3,156 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bucks County: 44.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,522 ±$2,228 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $56,824 ±$798
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$81,616 ±$4,511 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $111,951 ±$1,709
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

11.2% ±2.2% (6,962  ±1,378) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Bucks County: 6.1% 38,691 (±0.4% / ±2,622)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

29.1 minutes ±0.7 (835,565  ±43,491) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 29.6 8,107,430 (±0.5 / ±155,514)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

24,978 ±692 Number of households
  • Bucks County: 247,674 ±854
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.1 (62,348  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bucks County: 2.6 636,706 (±0 / ±85)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.8% ±1.6% (675  ±228) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Bucks County: 4.6% † 6,232 (±0.5% / ±627)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

25,699 ±712 Number of housing units
  • Bucks County: 256,416 ±232
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$344,400 ±$7,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bucks County: $421,700 ±$3,900
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.7% ±2.1% (6,643  ±1,329.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bucks County: 8.2% 52,595 (±0.4% / ±2,833.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.8% ±3.3% (40,521  ±1,671.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bucks County: 94.9% 442,579 (±1% / ±4,873.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
30.9% ±2% (14,086  ±931.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bucks County: 44% 204,982 (±0.7% / ±3,198.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

20% ±1.7% (12,506  ±1,080) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Bucks County: 10.4% 67,056
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.4% ±0.8% (2,749  ±416) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Bucks County: 5.7% 29,499 (±0.2% / ±1,205)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
2,749 Total veterans ±416 2,485 Male ±395 264 Female ±120

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