Eel River township, Allen County, Indiana (IN)

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Land area: 36.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 3,004 (all rural)

Males: 1,497	(49.8%)
Females: 1,507	(50.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 3,004 (2,846 owner occupied, 158 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	5%
State:	29%

Races in Eel River township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
Black: 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.7%
Two or more races: 0.7%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 37.7
Median age of females: 36.8

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Average household size: 2.97

Eel River township:	3.0 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Average family size: 3.24

Estimated median household income in 2008: $65,913 ($57,120 in 1999)

This township:	$65,913
Indiana:	$47,966

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $426 (lower quartile is $410, upper quartile is $455)

Here:	$426
State:	$534

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $183,886 (it was $129,100 in 2000)

Eel River township:	$183,886
Indiana:	$125,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $107,026 - $233,913

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $193,979
Here: $193,979
State: $160,080

Townhouses or other attached units: $99,446
Here: $99,446
State: $149,441

Mobile homes: $46,161
Here: $46,161
State: $33,761

Population density: 82 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	1.4%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	0.0%
Whole state:	4.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 36 (75% naturalized citizens)

Eel River township:	1.2%
State:	3.1%

73% of Eel River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Indiana.

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

This state: 2546
Northeast: 45
Midwest: 226
South: 137
West: 38

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

Eel River township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%

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: 1,011
One, attached: 5
Two: 9
Mobile homes: 28

Median worth of mobile homes: $38,600

Housing units in Eel River township with a mortgage: 493 (59 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 73
1995 to 1998: 120
1990 to 1994: 84
1980 to 1989: 78
1970 to 1979: 272
1960 to 1969: 90
1950 to 1959: 105
1940 to 1949: 54
1939 or earlier: 177

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Eel River township, Indiana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 8 3 rooms: 16 4 rooms: 33 5 rooms: 168 6 rooms: 287 7 rooms: 125 8 rooms: 202 9 or more rooms: 119

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Eel River township, Indiana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 11 5 rooms: 0 6 rooms: 13 7 rooms: 9 8 rooms: 0 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Eel River township:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 16 2 bedrooms: 120 3 bedrooms: 546 4 bedrooms: 243 5 or more bedrooms: 25

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Eel River township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 0 2 bedrooms: 11 3 bedrooms: 22 4 bedrooms: 0 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Eel River township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 10 1 vehicle: 135 2 vehicles: 430 3 vehicles: 253 4 vehicles: 85 5 or more vehicles: 45

Cars and other vehicles available in Eel River township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 9 2 vehicles: 13 3 vehicles: 0 4 vehicles: 11 5 or more vehicles: 0

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (13%)
Transportation equipment (8%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Educational services (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Computer and electronic products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (13%)
Health care (11%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Personal and laundry services (5%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Plastics and rubber products (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Engineers (9%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Business operations specialists (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Eel River township:

German (37.5%)
United States or American (28.8%)
English (8.3%)
Irish (5.9%)
Dutch (3.9%)
French (except Basque) (3.1%)
European (2.9%)

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

Russia (31%)
El Salvador (31%)
Vietnam (25%)
Greece (14%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,404 (86%)
Carpooled: 147 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
Walked: 11 (1%)
Other means: 12 (1%)
Worked at home: 45 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%) Electricity (33%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%) Utility gas (7%) Wood (5%) Other fuel (1%)

98.6% of residents of Eel River township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 3,028

In family households: 2,871 (770 male householders, 92 female householders)
786 spouses, 1,120 children (1,027 natural, 14 adopted, 79 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 40 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 157 (97 male householders (90 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 315 2-persons, 173 3-persons, 214 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 52 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 144 1-person, 7 2-persons.

747 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (31 men, 40 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73

Here:	17.6%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6

Here:	2.8%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15

Here:	11.1%
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.)

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