Miles township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Miles township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Miles 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, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 960
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 39
- South: 34
- West: 1
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 450
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 90
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,500
Housing units in Miles township with a mortgage: 93 (3 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Miles township:
- Polish (26.6%)
- German (20.3%)
- Norwegian (8.0%)
- French (except Basque) (6.9%)
- English (6.6%)
- Scottish (5.9%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Other Western Europe (25%)
- Canada (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 395 (82%)
- Carpooled: 42 (9%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Wood (20%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Other fuel (2%)
14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.3% of residents of Miles township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,052- In family households: 928 (279 male householders, 35 female householders)
272 spouses, 311 children (279 natural, 8 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 124 (51 male householders (43 living alone)), 51 female householders (41 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 143 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 16 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
453 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (14 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |