Brittany Farms-The Highlands, Pennsylvania Population and Demographics
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Brittany Farms-The Highlands is a Census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with a population of 3,656. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 88.70% of residents identify as white, 1.50% as Black or African American, 0.00% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.70% as Asian, 0.00% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 2.20% as Hispanic or Latino, and 0.90% as some other race or combination of races.
Nationally, some 61.1% of Americans identify as white, 12.3% as Black or African American, 0.7% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.4% as Asian, 0.2% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.6% as some other race or combination of races.
Census respondents are also asked to report ancestry. Some of the most commonly reported ancestries in Brittany Farms-The Highlands include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. Measured by location quotient — comparing the Census-designated place share to the national share — some of the most highly concentrated ancestries in Census-designated place are Other Subsaharan African, Welsh, and Ukrainian.
An estimated 90.10% of Brittany Farms-The Highlands residents are native-born, meaning they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad to a U.S. citizen. Of the 9.90% of the population that is foreign-born, 76.00% have become naturalized U.S. citizens. Nationwide, 86.5% of Americans are native-born. And of the 13.5% of Americans who are foreign-born, 48.5% have become naturalized U.S. citizens.
The population of Brittany Farms-The Highlands is older than the United States as a whole. The median age is 46.6 years, 8.7 years more than the national median age of 37.9 years. An estimated 21.50% of the population is 65 years and over, compared to 15.2% of the U.S. population.
Family and household composition also varies heavily across the United States. In Brittany Farms-The Highlands, 55.60% of households are occupied by married-couple families, compared to the 48.3% national figure. Some 3.90% of households are occupied by single male householders, 11.20% by single female householders, and 29.30% by non-family occupants. Nationwide, 4.9% of households are occupied by single male householders, 12.6% by single female householders, and 34.3% by non-family occupants. An estimated 76.10% of heads of household own their homes, compared to the national homeownership rate of 63.8%.
English is by far the most commonly spoken language in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. as a whole. Similarly, in Brittany Farms-The Highlands, 96.4% of local residents aged 5 and up speak English exclusively, or, if they are multilingual, speak English very well. For context, 95.7% of the 5 and older population across Pennsylvania only speaks English, or speak it very well, and 91.5% of the same age group nationwide do.
Residents of Brittany Farms-The Highlands are more likely than the typical American to be married. Of all local residents aged 15 and older, 57% are currently married, compared to 48.1% of Americans nationwide in the same age group. Across Pennsylvania as a whole, 48.2% of residents 15 and older are married.
Divorce is slightly less common in Brittany Farms-The Highlands than it is across the U.S. as a whole. According to Census estimates, 10% of residents 15 and older are divorced — compared to 10.8% of the U.S. population in the same age group. In Pennsylvania, 9.6% of the 15 and older population is divorced.
An estimated 22.4% of Brittany Farms-The Highlands residents 15 and older have never married, compared to one-third of all Americans in the same age group.
In Brittany Farms-The Highlands, 5.6% of the 18 and older civilian population are veterans — compared to 7.5% of adult civilians nationwide and 7.7% of the civilian population in all of Pennsylvania.
In Brittany Farms-The Highlands, adults are more likely to have a high school education than the typical American adult, and are also more likely to have a four-year college education. Among Brittany Farms-The Highlands residents 25 and older, 94.60% have a high school diploma or equivalent, and 44.30% have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 87.7% and 31.5% of adults nationwide, respectively. Across Pennsylvania, 90.2% of adults have graduated high school, and 30.8 have a bachelor’s degree.
The typical household in Brittany Farms-The Highlands earns $84,688 a year, about $24,400 more than the national median of $60,293 and $25,200 more than the median household income across the state of $59,445.
Serious financial hardship is less common in Brittany Farms-The Highlands than it is nationwide. The local poverty rate stands at 4.10%, while the national poverty rate is 14.1%. Across the state as a whole, 12.8% of the population lives below the poverty line.
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