Armstrong township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 29.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,651 (all rural)
| Males: 845 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 806 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,650 (1,545 owner occupied, 105 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 6% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Armstrong township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.7%
- Two or more races: 0.1%
Median age of males: 40.5
Median age of females: 40.9
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Average household size: 2.70
| Armstrong township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Armstrong township: | $41,102 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $540 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $113,600 (it was $81,100 in 2000)
| : | $113,600 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $137,940
Here: $137,940 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $124,524
Here: $124,524 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $106,101
Here: $106,101 State: $100,714
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $119,970
Here: $119,970 State: $108,190
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $74,154
Here: $74,154 State: $127,569
Mobile homes: $17,202
Here: $17,202 State: $33,934
| Population density: 56 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Armstrong township: Calverts Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: Edgewater Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Buente Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
79% of Armstrong township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1412
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 78
- South: 131
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 616
- One, attached: 15
Housing units in Armstrong township with a mortgage: 243 (9 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 160
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (17%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Armstrong township:
- German (62.6%)
- United States or American (15.9%)
- English (7.1%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- Italian (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
- Austrian (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 829 (85%)
- Carpooled: 55 (6%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Worked at home: 63 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
99.4% of residents of Armstrong township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,675- In family households: 1,531 (469 male householders, 50 female householders)
465 spouses, 534 children (499 natural, 17 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 144 (73 male householders (66 living alone)), 58 female householders (58 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 219 2-persons, 157 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 42 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 7 3-persons,
366 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (10 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 69
| Here: | 40.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 27.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |