Jackson township, Kosciusko County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1075
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 27
- South: 101
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 403
- Two: 11
- Mobile homes: 71
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 140 (6 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (14%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (35.9%)
- United States or American (23.9%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Swiss (2.7%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (58%)
- Canada (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 517 (75%)
- Carpooled: 91 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 19 (3%)
- Worked at home: 59 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
98.8% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,287- In family households: 1,190 (300 male householders, 39 female householders)
327 spouses, 483 children (439 natural, 25 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 18 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (57 male householders (57 living alone)), 38 female householders (36 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 105 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 93 1-person, 2 2-persons,
354 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (21 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 22.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 58.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |