Halfmoon township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (34% naturalized citizens)
Halfmoon township: | 3.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of Halfmoon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1711
- Northeast: 234
- Midwest: 119
- South: 145
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 748
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Halfmoon township with a mortgage: 514 (60 second mortgage, 92 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Educational services (22%)
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (31%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Halfmoon township:
- German (29.2%)
- United States or American (19.3%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- English (7.6%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- European (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Sweden (14%)
- Greece (12%)
- Other South Central Asia (12%)
- Russia (5%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,034 (84%)
- Carpooled: 111 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 80 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Coal or coke (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.9% of residents of Halfmoon township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.2% 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 very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,357- In family households: 2,223 (595 male householders, 65 female householders)
599 spouses, 903 children (862 natural, 8 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 12 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 134 (65 male householders (48 living alone)), 44 female householders (44 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 215 2-persons, 152 3-persons, 177 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 92 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
723 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (29 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
Here: | 6.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 0.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 4.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |