Washington township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Washington 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, 56% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1280
- Northeast: 60
- Midwest: 97
- South: 130
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 534
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,600
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 205 (22 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 134
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (39.8%)
- German (25.1%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (8.5%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 598 (81%)
- Carpooled: 87 (12%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.7% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,604- In family households: 1,462 (383 male householders, 84 female householders)
389 spouses, 504 children (430 natural, 23 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 22 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 142 (62 male householders (48 living alone)), 67 female householders (66 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 190 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 114 1-person, 15 2-persons,
313 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (24 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |