Buck Creek township, Hancock County, Indiana (IN)

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Buck Creek township, IN map Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 6,659 (64% urban, 36% rural)

Males: 3,319	(49.8%)
Females: 3,340	(50.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 6,618 (6,309 owner occupied, 309 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	5%
State:	29%

Races in Buck Creek township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
Black: 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.7%
Two or more races: 0.6%
Some other race: 0.0%

Median age of males: 40.4
Median age of females: 40.9

Average houshold size: 2.80
Average family size: 3.01

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Population density: 185 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	0.2%
Whole state:	9.5%

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

This township:	0.0%
Whole state:	4.2%

Cities in this township include: Cumberland.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Church in Buck Creek township: Otterbein Church.

Cemeteries: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Burris Cemetery, Steele Cemetery, Snider Cemetery, Scotten Cemetery.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Snider Branch, Amity Branch.

Number of foreign born residents: 26 (42% naturalized citizens)

Buck Creek township:	0.4%
State:	3.1%

72% of Buck Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Indiana.

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

This state: 5164
Northeast: 98
Midwest: 711
South: 572
West: 79

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500

Buck Creek township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

41 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,375
Two: 6
Mobile homes: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500

Housing units in Buck Creek township with a mortgage: 1,780 (291 second mortgage, 369 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 297

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 73
1995 to 1998: 258
1990 to 1994: 409
1980 to 1989: 423
1970 to 1979: 661
1960 to 1969: 262
1950 to 1959: 78
1940 to 1949: 20
1939 or earlier: 208

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Buck Creek township, Indiana:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 10
5 rooms: 289
6 rooms: 473
7 rooms: 661
8 rooms: 419
9 or more rooms: 400

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buck Creek township, Indiana:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 0
5 rooms: 40
6 rooms: 44
7 rooms: 29
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Buck Creek township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 100
3 bedrooms: 1,441
4 bedrooms: 583
5 or more bedrooms: 128

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buck Creek township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 40
3 bedrooms: 73
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 26
1 vehicle: 287
2 vehicles: 1,245
3 vehicles: 456
4 vehicles: 191
5 or more vehicles: 47

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

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 0
2 vehicles: 95
3 vehicles: 18
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Chemicals (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (22%)
Educational services (13%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
Chemicals (3%)
Accommodation and food services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Engineers (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Registered nurses (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Buck Creek township:

German (34.5%)
United States or American (16.7%)
Irish (13.7%)
English (11.7%)
Polish (4.0%)
Scottish (2.8%)
European (2.6%)

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

United Kingdom (73%)
Germany (27%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,145 (89%)
Carpooled: 164 (5%)
Walked: 40 (1%)
Other means: 41 (1%)
Worked at home: 133 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (70%)
Electricity (16%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
Wood (1%)

41 people in nursing homes

97.3% of residents of Buck Creek township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,618

In family households: 6,316 (1,859 male householders, 253 female householders)
1,980 spouses, 2,138 children (1,809 natural, 39 adopted, 290 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 25 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 302 (162 male householders (138 living alone)), 109 female householders (109 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 41 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 972 2-persons, 452 3-persons, 461 4-persons, 166 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 247 1-person, 24 2-persons.

1,506 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (42 men, 93 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 156

Here:	19.8%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40

Here:	9.7%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 61

Here:	27.2%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

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