Center township, Butler County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7264
- Northeast: 161
- Midwest: 278
- South: 286
- West: 106
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
107 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,437
- One, attached: 118
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 195
- 5 to 9: 93
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 33
- 50 or more: 121
- Mobile homes: 405
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 1,298 (164 second mortgage, 236 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 731
- Metal and metal products (20%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (34.5%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- Italian (10.7%)
- English (8.8%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.6%)
- Polish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (41%)
- Philippines (21%)
- Germany (12%)
- Russia (10%)
- Thailand (9%)
- Italy (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,416 (89%)
- Carpooled: 259 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 131 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
107 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
0.4% 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 very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,069- In family households: 7,002 (2,031 male householders, 343 female householders)
2,036 spouses, 2,367 children (2,173 natural, 84 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 79 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 42 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,067 (389 male householders (347 living alone)), 580 female householders (532 living alone)), 98 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 113 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,169 2-persons, 504 3-persons, 466 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 60 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 879 1-person, 70 2-persons, 20 3-persons,
1,440 married couples with children.
281 single-parent households (63 men, 218 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |