Walker township, Centre County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Walker township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Walker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2978
- Northeast: 96
- Midwest: 50
- South: 127
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally ill
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,008
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 24
- Mobile homes: 168
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,500
Housing units in Walker township with a mortgage: 545 (65 second mortgage, 99 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 280
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Health care (15%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walker township:
- German (43.0%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- English (6.3%)
- Italian (5.3%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Polish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (73%)
- Mexico (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,390 (83%)
- Carpooled: 185 (11%)
- Taxi: 4 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Coal or coke (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
4 people in homes for the mentally ill
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.0% of residents of Walker township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,292- In family households: 3,029 (844 male householders, 125 female householders)
917 spouses, 1,045 children (984 natural, 37 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 23 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 263 (85 male householders (67 living alone)), 139 female householders (123 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 432 2-persons, 196 3-persons, 216 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 190 1-person, 34 2-persons,
732 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (18 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 70
| Here: | 16.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |