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Bensalem township, Bucks County, PA

62,456 Population
19.9 square miles 3,144.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.8 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

$38,497 ±$1,852 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $50,315 ±$737
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $37,725 ±$165
$72,001 ±$4,089 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bucks County: $99,302 ±$1,565
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $67,587 ±$271

9.9% ±2.1% (6,147  ±1,300) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Bucks County: 5.5% 34,966 (±0.4% / ±2,263)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,811 (±0.1% / ±18,030)

29.8 minutes ±0.8 (896,885  ±41,298) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 30 8,829,080 (±0.3 / ±136,105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 149,931,280 (±0.1 / ±616,528)

Families

24,358 ±578 Number of households
  • Bucks County: 245,200 ±861
  • Pennsylvania: 5,147,783 ±8,001
2.6 ±0.1 (62,112  ±136) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 2.6 634,541 (±0 / ±770)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,556,941

5.5% ±1.5% (801  ±217) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bucks County: 4.7% 6,382 (±0.4% / ±569)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 145,623 (±0.1% / ±3,238)

Housing

25,290 ±570 Number of housing units
  • Bucks County: 254,740 ±307
  • Pennsylvania: 5,728,788 ±563

$288,500 ±$5,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bucks County: $351,700 ±$2,710
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $197,300 ±$613

11.5% ±2% (7,080  ±1,219.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bucks County: 8.4% 53,630 (±0.4% / ±2,798.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,511,621 (±0.1% / ±15,073.9)

Social

89.7% ±3.2% (40,081  ±1,630.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bucks County: 94.5% 436,457 (±1% / ±4,794.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.4% 8,324,121 (±0.2% / ±20,896.7)
29.4% ±2% (13,142  ±918.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bucks County: 42.9% 198,250 (±0.7% / ±2,995.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.1% 3,017,250 (±0.1% / ±12,338.7)

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

18.9% ±1.5% (11,808  ±932) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Bucks County: 9.9% 63,664 (±0.4% / ±2,301)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.1% 924,624 (±0.1% / ±8,550)

5.4% ±0.7% (2,709  ±372) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bucks County: 6% 30,790 (±0.3% / ±1,357)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 703,580 (±0.1% / ±4,808)
2,709 Total veterans ±372 2,542 Male ±330 167 Female ±86

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