Franklin township, Montgomery County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1540
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 137
- South: 130
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $142,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 680
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,000
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 359 (37 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (28.0%)
- Irish (19.1%)
- English (13.0%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Italian (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- France (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 785 (84%)
- Carpooled: 102 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.7% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 47% 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: 1,908- In family households: 1,692 (468 male householders, 75 female householders)
449 spouses, 617 children (499 natural, 6 adopted, 112 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 26 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 216 (84 male householders (64 living alone)), 100 female householders (93 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 238 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 157 1-person, 19 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
418 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (31 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |