Patton township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Patton township: | 7.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
41% of Patton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7192
- Northeast: 1353
- Midwest: 788
- South: 725
- West: 347
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $151,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Patton township, Pennsylvania:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in other group homes
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,119
- One, attached: 572
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 230
- 5 to 9: 390
- 10 to 19: 725
- 20 to 49: 413
- 50 or more: 84
- Mobile homes: 384
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600
Housing units in Patton township with a mortgage: 1,551 (141 second mortgage, 259 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 496
- Educational services (30%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Construction (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (33%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (15%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Life and physical scientists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Patton township:
- German (23.7%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- English (8.4%)
- Italian (7.5%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (18%)
- India (17%)
- Germany (6%)
- Other Western Asia (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Russia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,419 (70%)
- Carpooled: 843 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 408 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
- Bicycle: 48 (1%)
- Walked: 185 (3%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 413 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Patton township, Pennsylvania:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in other group homes
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in nursing homes
91.0% of residents of Patton township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (41% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,403- In family households: 7,491 (2,019 male householders, 490 female householders)
2,185 spouses, 2,449 children (2,328 natural, 37 adopted, 84 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 53 parents, 16 other relatives, 193 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,912 (1,206 male householders (696 living alone)), 1,051 female householders (651 living alone)), 1,655 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (3 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,184 2-persons, 563 3-persons, 498 4-persons, 198 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,347 1-person, 447 2-persons, 220 3-persons, 235 4-persons, 8 6-persons,
1,771 married couples with children.
318 single-parent households (89 men, 229 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 101
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 130
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |