Bratton township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Bratton township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Bratton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1190
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 21
- South: 24
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 471
- One, attached: 2
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 106
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,800
Housing units in Bratton township with a mortgage: 143 (14 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 120
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bratton township:
- German (48.5%)
- United States or American (20.1%)
- English (6.0%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Swiss (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 475 (80%)
- Carpooled: 65 (11%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 41 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (67%)
- Wood (15%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
95.6% of residents of Bratton township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,259- In family households: 1,129 (343 male householders, 41 female householders)
321 spouses, 357 children (332 natural, 7 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 13 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 130 (44 male householders (33 living alone)), 64 female householders (64 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
240 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (9 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |