Webster township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 14.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,453 (all rural)
| Males: 737 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 716 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,453 (1,290 owner occupied, 163 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Webster township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
- Black: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 38.6
Median age of females: 39.5
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Average household size: 2.74
| Webster township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
| Webster township: | $34,745 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $506 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $87,900 (it was $80,700 in 2000)
| : | $87,900 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $119,715
Here: $119,715 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $121,427
Here: $121,427 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $72,193
Here: $72,193 State: $100,714
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $122,308
Here: $122,308 State: $108,190
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $88,419
Here: $88,419 State: $127,569
Mobile homes: $100,520
Here: $100,520 State: $33,934
| Population density: 97 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Webster Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Dover Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Tie Run (A), Spike Brook (B), Single Creek (C), High Brook (D), Dover Run (E), Nail Creek (F), Long Creek (G), Web Branch (H), Quill Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Webster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 932
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 149
- South: 279
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 399
- One, attached: 11
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 115
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,700
Housing units in Webster township with a mortgage: 230 (26 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Construction (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Petroleum and coal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Webster township:
- United States or American (45.0%)
- German (22.8%)
- Irish (17.9%)
- English (6.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Italian (0.8%)
- Dutch (0.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 549 (84%)
- Carpooled: 87 (13%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.7% of residents of Webster township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 58% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,371- In family households: 1,272 (331 male householders, 94 female householders)
330 spouses, 485 children (428 natural, 0 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 23 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 99 (43 male householders (31 living alone)), 30 female householders (24 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 196 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 75 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 55 1-person, 14 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
282 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (20 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 3.2% |
| 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% |