Mifflin township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Mifflin township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
80% of Mifflin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 391
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 62
- South: 11
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 276
- Mobile homes: 42
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,300
Housing units in Mifflin township with a mortgage: 32 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Construction (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mifflin township:
- German (40.4%)
- Finnish (24.8%)
- Norwegian (9.1%)
- English (5.2%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
- Danish (2.4%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hungary (78%)
- Netherlands (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 169 (70%)
- Carpooled: 39 (16%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Wood (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (1%)
93.0% of residents of Mifflin township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (17% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
5.1% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 502- In family households: 463 (113 male householders, 21 female householders)
127 spouses, 183 children (168 natural, 6 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 4 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (20 male householders (20 living alone)), 18 female householders (16 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 36 1-person, 2 2-persons,
192 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (6 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.7% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |