Rochester township, Fulton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Rochester township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Rochester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7908
- Northeast: 91
- Midwest: 1131
- South: 638
- West: 166
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,500
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: 0.1% of all households
123 people in nursing homes
30 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,410
- One, attached: 49
- Two: 189
- 3 or 4: 190
- 5 to 9: 175
- 10 to 19: 20
- 20 to 49: 46
- 50 or more: 54
- Mobile homes: 524
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Rochester township with a mortgage: 1,569 (140 second mortgage, 205 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 839
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rochester township:
- German (27.2%)
- United States or American (27.0%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (9.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- Germany (16%)
- Pakistan (11%)
- Greece (9%)
- Lebanon (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Yugoslavia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,997 (82%)
- Carpooled: 601 (12%)
- Subway or elevated: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (1%)
- Worked at home: 198 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
123 people in nursing homes
30 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.3% of residents of Rochester township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,986- In family households: 8,420 (2,224 male householders, 554 female householders)
2,264 spouses, 2,901 children (2,518 natural, 103 adopted, 280 stepchildren), 164 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 45 other relatives, 207 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,566 (586 male householders (461 living alone)), 742 female householders (690 living alone)), 238 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 152 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,319 2-persons, 565 3-persons, 513 4-persons, 235 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,151 1-person, 132 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 15 4-persons,
1,749 married couples with children.
520 single-parent households (150 men, 370 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |