Benner township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Benner township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Benner township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4222
- Northeast: 293
- Midwest: 143
- South: 342
- West: 52
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
1,999 people in state prisons
13 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 865
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 18
- Mobile homes: 481
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,000
Housing units in Benner township with a mortgage: 397 (62 second mortgage, 72 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 273
- Educational services (23%)
- Construction (14%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benner township:
- German (32.7%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Italian (6.2%)
- English (5.7%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (30%)
- Cuba (22%)
- Iraq (11%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Italy (8%)
- Turkey (8%)
- Other Caribbean (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,528 (87%)
- Carpooled: 152 (9%)
- Worked at home: 67 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
1,999 people in state prisons
13 people in unknown juvenile institutions
96.7% of residents of Benner township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% 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: 3,204- In family households: 2,763 (752 male householders, 188 female householders)
825 spouses, 855 children (779 natural, 7 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 12 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 441 (193 male householders (155 living alone)), 179 female householders (151 living alone)), 69 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,013 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 434 2-persons, 236 3-persons, 185 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 306 1-person, 66 2-persons,
544 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (35 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |