Jackson township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 25.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 498 (all rural)
| Males: 248 |  (49.8%) |
| Females: 250 |  (50.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 498 (439 owner occupied, 59 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Jackson township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 38.3
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Average household size: 2.74
| Jackson township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Jackson township: | $45,006 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $537 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $110,600 (it was $87,100 in 2000)
| : | $110,600 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $136,409
Here: $136,409 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $90,933
Here: $90,933 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $81,130
Here: $81,130 State: $100,714
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $71,286
Here: $71,286 State: $108,190
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $49,240
Here: $49,240 State: $127,569
Mobile homes: $17,218
Here: $17,218 State: $33,934
| Population density: 20 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Creek: Hoffman Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 385
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 2
- South: 14
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 159
- Mobile homes: 7
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 45 (14 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Plastics and rubber products (16%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (17%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (9%)
- Vending machine operators (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (18%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Engineers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (41.7%)
- French (except Basque) (14.1%)
- European (9.6%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- English (3.2%)
- Norwegian (2.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 246 (95%)
- Carpooled: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 7 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
97.9% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 410- In family households: 355 (108 male householders, 0 female householders)
99 spouses, 137 children (113 natural, 0 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (37 male householders (28 living alone)), 6 female householders (0 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 30 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 28 1-person, 15 2-persons,
95 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (9 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 70.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |