Miller township, Perry County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 12.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 953 (all rural)
| Males: 463 |  (48.6%) |
| Females: 490 |  (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 953 (834 owner occupied, 119 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Miller township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.3%
Median age of males: 35.1
Median age of females: 34.2
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Average household size: 2.80
| Miller township: | 2.8 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.24
| Miller township: | $57,779 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $546 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $157,919 (it was $95,000 in 2000)
| : | $157,919 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 76 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 10.1% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Iroquois (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Miller township include: Mahanoy Union Church (A), Pine Grove Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Mosquito Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Horting Run (A), White Run (B), Bailey Run (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Miller township: State Game Lands Number 281 (1). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Miller township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 854
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 15
- South: 45
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 236
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 176
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Miller township with a mortgage: 110 (3 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Construction (13%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Miller township:
- German (44.8%)
- United States or American (18.8%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- Italian (5.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.2%)
- English (2.0%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 344 (75%)
- Carpooled: 101 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 5 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.1% of residents of Miller township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 953- In family households: 835 (214 male householders, 45 female householders)
212 spouses, 317 children (286 natural, 8 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 4 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 118 (44 male householders (33 living alone)), 45 female householders (30 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 97 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 52 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 22 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
214 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (11 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |