Harris township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Harris township: | 5.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Harris township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3227
- Northeast: 350
- Midwest: 310
- South: 327
- West: 141
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,551
- One, attached: 79
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 79
- 5 to 9: 31
- 10 to 19: 20
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,700
Housing units in Harris township with a mortgage: 838 (53 second mortgage, 159 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 434
- Educational services (26%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (33%)
- Health care (10%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harris township:
- German (30.4%)
- Italian (11.3%)
- English (9.3%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Central Asia (19%)
- Colombia (16%)
- Russia (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,798 (81%)
- Carpooled: 216 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (1%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 47 (2%)
- Worked at home: 137 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
92.2% of residents of Harris township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 49% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,650- In family households: 4,211 (1,105 male householders, 265 female householders)
1,197 spouses, 1,510 children (1,452 natural, 30 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 7 other relatives, 61 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 439 (162 male householders (119 living alone)), 212 female householders (194 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 620 2-persons, 279 3-persons, 306 4-persons, 103 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 313 1-person, 61 2-persons,
1,083 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (44 men, 152 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |