Anderson township, Madison County, Indiana (IN)

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Anderson township, IN map Land area: 37.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 60,026 (99% urban, 1% rural)

Males: 28,471	(47.4%)
Females: 31,555	(52.6%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 57,862 (38,185 owner occupied, 19,677 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	34%
State:	29%

Races in Anderson township:

White Non-Hispanic: 81.0%
Black: 14.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Asian: 0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 2.0%
Two or more races: 1.2%
Some other race: 0.2%

Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 38.4

Average houshold size: 2.28
Average family size: 2.87

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Population density: 1606 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	13.1%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	5.2%
Whole state:	4.2%

Cities in this township include: Anderson, Edgewood, Country Club Heights, Woodlawn Heights, River Forest.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 1,087 (27% naturalized citizens)

Anderson township:	1.8%
State:	3.1%

53% of Anderson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 43684
Northeast: 1132
Midwest: 4964
South: 7479
West: 1381

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,600

Anderson township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Anderson township, Indiana

1104 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
599 people in nursing homes
187 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
84 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
67 people in homes for the mentally retarded
55 people in other types of correctional institutions
29 people in other group homes
26 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
13 people in homes for the mentally ill

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 19,503
One, attached: 942
Two: 1,653
3 or 4: 1,313
5 to 9: 940
10 to 19: 683
20 to 49: 576
50 or more: 751
Mobile homes: 1,371
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5

Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600

Housing units in Anderson township with a mortgage: 9,386 (1,077 second mortgage, 1,003 home equity loan, 58 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,327

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 244
1995 to 1998: 1,138
1990 to 1994: 945
1980 to 1989: 1,497
1970 to 1979: 3,365
1960 to 1969: 4,745
1950 to 1959: 5,191
1940 to 1949: 3,959
1939 or earlier: 6,653

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Anderson township, Indiana:

1 room: 13
2 rooms: 70
3 rooms: 247
4 rooms: 2,013
5 rooms: 4,860
6 rooms: 4,407
7 rooms: 2,338
8 rooms: 1,138
9 or more rooms: 1,369

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anderson township, Indiana:

1 room: 188
2 rooms: 510
3 rooms: 1,875
4 rooms: 2,762
5 rooms: 1,968
6 rooms: 859
7 rooms: 437
8 rooms: 199
9 or more rooms: 136

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Anderson township:

no bedroom: 28
1 bedroom: 390
2 bedrooms: 5,746
3 bedrooms: 7,927
4 bedrooms: 2,053
5 or more bedrooms: 311

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Anderson township:

no bedroom: 309
1 bedroom: 2,749
2 bedrooms: 3,797
3 bedrooms: 1,754
4 bedrooms: 303
5 or more bedrooms: 22

Cars and other vehicles available in Anderson township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 766
1 vehicle: 5,921
2 vehicles: 6,743
3 vehicles: 2,234
4 vehicles: 581
5 or more vehicles: 210

Cars and other vehicles available in Anderson township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 1,757
1 vehicle: 4,740
2 vehicles: 1,958
3 vehicles: 420
4 vehicles: 46
5 or more vehicles: 13

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (13%)
Construction (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Health care (5%)
Public administration (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (10%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Anderson township:

United States or American (23.9%)
German (17.2%)
English (10.9%)
Irish (7.0%)
Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Italian (1.6%)
French (except Basque) (1.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (41%)
Korea (6%)
Germany (5%)
United Kingdom (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Canada (3%)
Other Western Africa (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 20,143 (78%)
Carpooled: 3,845 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 123 (0%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 50 (0%)
Railroad: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 47 (0%)
Bicycle: 41 (0%)
Walked: 888 (3%)
Other means: 105 (0%)
Worked at home: 624 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (85%)
Electricity (13%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Anderson township, Indiana

1104 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
599 people in nursing homes
187 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
84 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
67 people in homes for the mentally retarded
55 people in other types of correctional institutions
29 people in other group homes
26 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
13 people in homes for the mentally ill

96.2% of residents of Anderson township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 57,883

In family households: 46,736 (11,336 male householders, 4,415 female householders)
11,192 spouses, 15,989 children (14,179 natural, 381 adopted, 1,429 stepchildren), 1,123 grandchildren, 517 brothers or sisters, 287 parents, 550 other relatives, 1,327 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 11,147 (3,945 male householders (3,253 living alone)), 5,622 female householders (5,034 living alone)), 1,580 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,137 (727 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,557 2-persons, 3,792 3-persons, 2,684 4-persons, 1,152 5-persons, 402 6-persons, 164 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,287 1-person, 1,120 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 22 6-persons.

7,152 married couples with children.
4,981 single-parent households (983 men, 3,998 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 748

Here:	12.1%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 157

Here:	5.6%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,689

Here:	57.1%
Indiana:	23.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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