Lower Mifflin township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Mifflin township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Lower Mifflin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1384
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 41
- South: 77
- West: 32
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 363
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 251
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,000
Housing units in Lower Mifflin township with a mortgage: 143 (23 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Mifflin township:
- German (49.7%)
- United States or American (18.2%)
- English (6.0%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Indonesia (27%)
- Ecuador (27%)
- Canada (27%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 654 (82%)
- Carpooled: 94 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (12%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
97.0% of residents of Lower Mifflin township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,597- In family households: 1,436 (412 male householders, 58 female householders)
403 spouses, 492 children (465 natural, 0 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 16 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 161 (73 male householders (52 living alone)), 50 female householders (44 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 203 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 96 1-person, 20 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
379 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (22 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |