Penn township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Penn township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 638
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 32
- South: 19
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
32 people in other group homes
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 246
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,500
Housing units in Penn township with a mortgage: 91 (8 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn township:
- German (24.5%)
- United States or American (22.3%)
- English (13.3%)
- Dutch (5.7%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (67%)
- Chile (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 248 (79%)
- Carpooled: 19 (6%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
32 people in other group homes
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.4% of residents of Penn township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 703- In family households: 657 (163 male householders, 33 female householders)
175 spouses, 263 children (255 natural, 6 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (21 male householders (17 living alone)), 17 female householders (13 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 77 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 8 2-persons,
209 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (13 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
Here: | 25.4% |
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% |