Howard township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
Howard township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Howard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 869
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 21
- South: 17
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 267
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 86
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,300
Housing units in Howard township with a mortgage: 100 (28 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (17%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Howard township:
- German (40.2%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Italian (9.0%)
- English (7.7%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Iran (33%)
- Mexico (33%)
- Canada (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 368 (82%)
- Carpooled: 47 (11%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 21 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (10%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.2% of residents of Howard township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 931- In family households: 839 (216 male householders, 47 female householders)
225 spouses, 315 children (280 natural, 0 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 4 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 92 (35 male householders (27 living alone)), 42 female householders (39 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 100 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 8 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
184 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (10 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 2.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 3.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 15.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |