North Centre township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (63% naturalized citizens)
| North Centre township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of North Centre township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% 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: 1760
- Northeast: 124
- Midwest: 39
- South: 55
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 547
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 239
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600
Housing units in North Centre township with a mortgage: 253 (23 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Food (13%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Centre township:
- German (36.3%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.4%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- English (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Korea (26%)
- El Salvador (21%)
- Hungary (11%)
- Haiti (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 913 (88%)
- Carpooled: 67 (6%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 32 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Solar energy (1%)
98.2% of residents of North Centre township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,010- In family households: 1,814 (511 male householders, 69 female householders)
506 spouses, 650 children (601 natural, 18 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 12 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 196 (81 male householders (56 living alone)), 70 female householders (65 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 247 2-persons, 135 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 16 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
417 married couples with children.
88 single-parent households (34 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |