West township, Marshall County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (92% naturalized citizens)
| West township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of West township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2905
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 627
- South: 122
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
113 people in religious group quarters
4 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,304
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 230
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in West township with a mortgage: 608 (66 second mortgage, 110 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 281
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West township:
- German (34.2%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- English (7.0%)
- Dutch (4.8%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Swedish (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (32%)
- Ukraine (17%)
- Ireland (10%)
- Poland (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Australia (8%)
- Netherlands (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,439 (81%)
- Carpooled: 287 (16%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
113 people in religious group quarters
4 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
97.0% of residents of West township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,751- In family households: 3,447 (980 male householders, 156 female householders)
967 spouses, 1,198 children (1,108 natural, 19 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 23 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 304 (174 male householders (140 living alone)), 80 female householders (69 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 117 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 527 2-persons, 244 3-persons, 220 4-persons, 114 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 209 1-person, 39 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
789 married couples with children.
123 single-parent households (51 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 30.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |