Brownstown township, Jackson County, Indiana (IN)

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Land area: 62.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.
Population: 5,301 (56% urban, 44% rural)

Males: 2,542	(48.0%)
Females: 2,759	(52.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 5,159 (4,060 owner occupied, 1,099 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	21%
State:	29%

Races in Brownstown township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
Black: 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Asian: 0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.5%
Two or more races: 0.5%
Some other race: 0.0%

Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 38.9

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Average household size: 2.54

Brownstown township:	2.5 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Average family size: 2.96

Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,102 ($39,512 in 1999)

This township:	$45,102
Indiana:	$47,448

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $400 (lower quartile is $282, upper quartile is $477)

Here:	$400
State:	$518

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $115,633 (it was $86,800 in 2000)

Brownstown township:	$115,633
Indiana:	$122,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $84,931 - $174,497

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $155,218
Here: $155,218
State: $158,066

Townhouses or other attached units: $167,023
Here: $167,023
State: $148,761

Mobile homes: $44,502
Here: $44,502
State: $33,761

Population density: 85 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	9.1%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	3.6%
Whole state:	4.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 49 (0% naturalized citizens)

Brownstown township:	0.9%
State:	3.1%

64% of Brownstown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Indiana.

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

This state: 4351
Northeast: 145
Midwest: 318
South: 326
West: 75

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000

Brownstown township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%

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

People in group quarters in Brownstown township, Indiana

93 people in nursing homes
39 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
10 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,522
One, attached: 19
Two: 41
3 or 4: 32
5 to 9: 56
10 to 19: 11
20 to 49: 38
50 or more: 7
Mobile homes: 402

Median worth of mobile homes: $25,500

Housing units in Brownstown township with a mortgage: 631 (67 second mortgage, 101 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 440

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 17
1995 to 1998: 243
1990 to 1994: 164
1980 to 1989: 322
1970 to 1979: 326
1960 to 1969: 296
1950 to 1959: 270
1940 to 1949: 149
1939 or earlier: 341

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Brownstown township, Indiana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 7 3 rooms: 31 4 rooms: 167 5 rooms: 431 6 rooms: 407 7 rooms: 271 8 rooms: 156 9 or more rooms: 75

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brownstown township, Indiana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 28 3 rooms: 83 4 rooms: 132 5 rooms: 108 6 rooms: 40 7 rooms: 42 8 rooms: 11 9 or more rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brownstown township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 50 2 bedrooms: 411 3 bedrooms: 818 4 bedrooms: 236 5 or more bedrooms: 30

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brownstown township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 107 2 bedrooms: 213 3 bedrooms: 117 4 bedrooms: 4 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Brownstown township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 12 1 vehicle: 358 2 vehicles: 732 3 vehicles: 302 4 vehicles: 109 5 or more vehicles: 32

Cars and other vehicles available in Brownstown township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 66 1 vehicle: 214 2 vehicles: 140 3 vehicles: 28 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Transportation equipment (12%)
Construction (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (15%)
Educational services (12%)
Transportation equipment (11%)
Public administration (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Finance and insurance (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Brownstown township:

United States or American (38.0%)
German (28.9%)
Irish (9.0%)
English (8.8%)
Scottish (1.4%)
French (except Basque) (1.2%)
Scotch-Irish (1.2%)

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

Mexico (86%)
Canada (14%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,153 (84%)
Carpooled: 222 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 30 (1%)
Walked: 46 (2%)
Other means: 20 (1%)
Worked at home: 101 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (46%) Utility gas (30%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%) Wood (4%) Other fuel (1%)

People in group quarters in Brownstown township, Indiana

93 people in nursing homes
39 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
10 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents

97.4% of residents of Brownstown township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,133

In family households: 4,573 (1,206 male householders, 301 female householders)
1,282 spouses, 1,614 children (1,442 natural, 32 adopted, 140 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 21 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 560 (149 male householders (107 living alone)), 336 female householders (325 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 142 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 668 2-persons, 355 3-persons, 327 4-persons, 114 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 432 1-person, 40 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 8 5-persons.

977 married couples with children.
310 single-parent households (58 men, 252 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 98

Here:	14.5%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28

Here:	8.6%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12

Here:	8.4%
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)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Brownstown township:

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