Milford township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Milford township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Milford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% 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: 1452
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 39
- South: 68
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 575
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,100
Housing units in Milford township with a mortgage: 201 (14 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 168
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Milford township:
- German (57.8%)
- United States or American (12.7%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- English (3.7%)
- Polish (2.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Peru (33%)
- Germany (22%)
- Philippines (22%)
- Guatemala (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 614 (82%)
- Carpooled: 68 (9%)
- Walked: 23 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Coal or coke (14%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.1% of residents of Milford township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,579- In family households: 1,449 (422 male householders, 70 female householders)
414 spouses, 498 children (453 natural, 23 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 3 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 130 (59 male householders (48 living alone)), 58 female householders (58 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 218 2-persons, 123 3-persons, 96 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 11 2-persons,
285 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (27 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 4.5% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |