College township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (45% naturalized citizens)
| College township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
52% of College township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5573
- Northeast: 847
- Midwest: 686
- South: 643
- West: 221
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in College township, Pennsylvania:
- 955 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 125 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,282
- One, attached: 143
- Two: 116
- 3 or 4: 172
- 5 to 9: 80
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 83
- 50 or more: 165
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in College township with a mortgage: 1,403 (172 second mortgage, 183 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 602
- Educational services (29%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Educational services (34%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (10%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Life and physical scientists (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Postsecondary teachers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in College township:
- German (24.3%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Italian (9.1%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (15%)
- Canada (13%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- India (10%)
- Egypt (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Russia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,079 (78%)
- Carpooled: 437 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 85 (2%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 171 (4%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 166 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in College township, Pennsylvania:
- 955 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 125 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.2% of residents of College township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,380- In family households: 6,061 (1,707 male householders, 335 female householders)
1,840 spouses, 2,019 children (1,886 natural, 66 adopted, 67 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 50 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,319 (434 male householders (333 living alone)), 595 female householders (525 living alone)), 290 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,109 (127 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 985 2-persons, 393 3-persons, 436 4-persons, 173 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 858 1-person, 109 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
1,482 married couples with children.
222 single-parent households (41 men, 181 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 53
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |