Carpenter township, Jasper County, Indiana (IN)

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Land area: 52.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 2,096 (all rural)

Males: 1,018	(48.6%)
Females: 1,078	(51.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 2,096 (1,490 owner occupied, 606 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	29%
State:	29%

Races in Carpenter township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
Black: 0.3%
Asian: 0.5%
Two or more races: 0.3%

Median age of males: 35.4
Median age of females: 37.0

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Average household size: 2.64

Carpenter township:	2.6 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Average family size: 3.10

Estimated median household income in 2007: $48,354 ($42,361 in 1999)

This township:	$48,354
Indiana:	$47,448

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $450 (lower quartile is $388, upper quartile is $526)

Here:	$450
State:	$518

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $117,955 (it was $86,000 in 2000)

Carpenter township:	$117,955
Indiana:	$122,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $87,300 - $158,511

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $123,427
Here: $123,427
State: $158,066

In 2-unit structures: $106,732
Here: $106,732
State: $113,796

Mobile homes: $38,000
Here: $38,000
State: $33,761

Population density: 40 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	5.1%
Whole state:	9.5%

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

This township:	2.4%
Whole state:	4.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 15 (33% naturalized citizens)

Carpenter township:	0.7%
State:	3.1%

60% of Carpenter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Indiana.

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

This state: 1763
Northeast: 25
Midwest: 219
South: 79
West: 35

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,700

Carpenter township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%

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

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

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 732
One, attached: 4
Two: 32
3 or 4: 9
5 to 9: 4
10 to 19: 20
20 to 49: 27
Mobile homes: 14

Median worth of mobile homes: $51,700

Housing units in Carpenter township with a mortgage: 311 (39 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 200

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 9
1995 to 1998: 15
1990 to 1994: 21
1980 to 1989: 51
1970 to 1979: 148
1960 to 1969: 104
1950 to 1959: 101
1940 to 1949: 103
1939 or earlier: 290

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carpenter township, Indiana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 49 5 rooms: 82 6 rooms: 146 7 rooms: 116 8 rooms: 53 9 or more rooms: 129

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carpenter township, Indiana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 7 3 rooms: 18 4 rooms: 72 5 rooms: 48 6 rooms: 25 7 rooms: 18 8 rooms: 33 9 or more rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Carpenter township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 0 2 bedrooms: 121 3 bedrooms: 302 4 bedrooms: 134 5 or more bedrooms: 18

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carpenter township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 39 2 bedrooms: 110 3 bedrooms: 50 4 bedrooms: 26 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Carpenter township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 17 1 vehicle: 114 2 vehicles: 306 3 vehicles: 94 4 vehicles: 29 5 or more vehicles: 15

Cars and other vehicles available in Carpenter township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 19 1 vehicle: 111 2 vehicles: 81 3 vehicles: 4 4 vehicles: 10 5 or more vehicles: 0

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (13%)
Metal and metal products (13%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
Truck transportation (11%)
Food (8%)
Educational services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Accommodation and food services (14%)
Educational services (12%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Health care (6%)
Computer and electronic products (4%)
Metal and metal products (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Carpenter township:

German (32.6%)
English (12.5%)
United States or American (11.3%)
Irish (10.3%)
Dutch (4.2%)
French (except Basque) (4.1%)
Polish (3.9%)

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

Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (33%)
Mexico (33%)
Canada (20%)
Germany (13%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 890 (82%)
Carpooled: 100 (9%)
Motorcycle: 9 (1%)
Walked: 48 (4%)
Other means: 17 (2%)
Worked at home: 23 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (71%) Electricity (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) No fuel used (1%) Other fuel (1%)

97.8% of residents of Carpenter township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 45% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,140

In family households: 1,853 (491 male householders, 84 female householders)
493 spouses, 671 children (607 natural, 6 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 19 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 287 (106 male householders (70 living alone)), 131 female householders (121 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 267 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 191 1-person, 35 2-persons, 11 3-persons.

459 married couples with children.
104 single-parent households (34 men, 70 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15

Here:	4.9%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3

Here:	2.7%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4

Here:	11.8%
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 Carpenter township:

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