Huston township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
Huston township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Huston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1192
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 24
- South: 44
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 408
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 127
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,600
Housing units in Huston township with a mortgage: 174 (11 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Construction (23%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Huston township:
- German (26.2%)
- United States or American (25.0%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- English (7.0%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- Polish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Greece (14%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (14%)
- Canada (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 527 (86%)
- Carpooled: 63 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (62%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (11%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.7% of residents of Huston township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,327- In family households: 1,183 (307 male householders, 61 female householders)
312 spouses, 420 children (389 natural, 4 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 13 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 144 (51 male householders (42 living alone)), 61 female householders (50 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 148 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 92 1-person, 17 2-persons, 3 6-persons,
230 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (16 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 4.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 3.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 4.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |