Marion township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
Marion township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Marion 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, 58% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 909
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 10
- South: 20
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 289
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 176 (30 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (37.9%)
- United States or American (18.4%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- English (5.9%)
- Dutch (5.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- Italian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (50%)
- Germany (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 367 (79%)
- Carpooled: 55 (12%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 34 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Coal or coke (14%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
90.9% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
8.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 975- In family households: 917 (250 male householders, 25 female householders)
253 spouses, 369 children (352 natural, 8 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 4 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 58 (20 male householders (18 living alone)), 28 female householders (22 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 85 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person, 8 2-persons,
268 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (5 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 9.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 10.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |