Bethel township, Posey County, Indiana (IN)

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Bethel township, IN map Land area: 19.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.
Population: 327 (all rural)

Males: 156	(47.7%)
Females: 171	(52.3%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 327 (269 owner occupied, 58 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	29%

Races in Bethel township:

White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
Black: 0.3%
Two or more races: 0.3%

Median age of males: 42.6
Median age of females: 43.5

Average houshold size: 2.44
Average family size: 3.01

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Population density: 17 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	9.1%
Whole state:	9.5%

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

This township:	3.3%
Whole state:	4.2%

Cities in this township include: Griffin.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Black River, Big Bayou.

Number of foreign born residents: 16 (38% naturalized citizens)

Bethel township:	4.9%
State:	3.1%

68% of Bethel township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Indiana.

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

This state: 2116
Northeast: 12
Midwest: 366
South: 51
West: 36

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,300

Bethel township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 954
One, attached: 11
Two: 52
5 to 9: 7
Mobile homes: 63

Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000

Housing units in Bethel township with a mortgage: 411 (35 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 350

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 9
1995 to 1998: 20
1990 to 1994: 46
1980 to 1989: 63
1970 to 1979: 187
1960 to 1969: 189
1950 to 1959: 184
1940 to 1949: 75
1939 or earlier: 314

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 5
4 rooms: 69
5 rooms: 221
6 rooms: 152
7 rooms: 181
8 rooms: 134
9 or more rooms: 88

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

1 room: 7
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 46
5 rooms: 53
6 rooms: 22
7 rooms: 25
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 11

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 6
2 bedrooms: 218
3 bedrooms: 428
4 bedrooms: 168
5 or more bedrooms: 30

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bethel township:

no bedroom: 7
1 bedroom: 7
2 bedrooms: 75
3 bedrooms: 65
4 bedrooms: 10
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 25
1 vehicle: 244
2 vehicles: 425
3 vehicles: 130
4 vehicles: 14
5 or more vehicles: 12

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

no vehicle: 8
1 vehicle: 66
2 vehicles: 83
3 vehicles: 7
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (9%)
Educational services (7%)
Truck transportation (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Paper (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Educational services (11%)
Public administration (9%)
Social assistance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Finance and insurance (3%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Top executives (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Child care workers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Bethel township:

German (36.8%)
United States or American (12.4%)
English (7.8%)
French (except Basque) (5.9%)
Irish (5.6%)
French Canadian (5.1%)
Polish (4.7%)

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

Germany (38%)
Other Eastern Europe (31%)
Nigeria (31%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,029 (86%)
Carpooled: 59 (5%)
Bicycle: 6 (1%)
Walked: 48 (4%)
Worked at home: 55 (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (81%)
Electricity (10%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

96.3% of residents of Bethel township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,530

In family households: 2,202 (621 male householders, 122 female householders)
618 spouses, 730 children (613 natural, 27 adopted, 90 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 328 (74 male householders (56 living alone)), 189 female householders (170 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 67 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 374 2-persons, 142 3-persons, 138 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 226 1-person, 18 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 6 4-persons.

56 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (3 men, 10 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9

Here:	3.1%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
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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