Reserve township, Parke County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Reserve township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Reserve township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1203
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 174
- South: 71
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 495
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 152
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,500
Housing units in Reserve township with a mortgage: 155 (8 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Construction (19%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Paper (7%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Reserve township:
- United States or American (34.6%)
- German (22.9%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (9.1%)
- Italian (4.3%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (50%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 541 (84%)
- Carpooled: 69 (11%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 17 (3%)
- Worked at home: 8 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.4% of residents of Reserve township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,511- In family households: 1,324 (312 male householders, 113 female householders)
319 spouses, 448 children (368 natural, 26 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 14 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (81 male householders (68 living alone)), 82 female householders (73 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 202 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 22 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
245 married couples with children.
115 single-parent households (32 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
| Here: | 36.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |