Beaver township, Newton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Beaver township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Beaver township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% 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: 1209
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 331
- South: 95
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 626
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Beaver township with a mortgage: 263 (14 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beaver township:
- German (28.6%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- Polish (6.5%)
- Swedish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- Japan (20%)
- Guatemala (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 588 (76%)
- Carpooled: 127 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 24 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
97.3% of residents of Beaver township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (22% speak English very well, 78% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,695- In family households: 1,441 (391 male householders, 81 female householders)
384 spouses, 460 children (394 natural, 25 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 40 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 254 (100 male householders (76 living alone)), 119 female householders (112 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 209 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 188 1-person, 31 2-persons,
313 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (30 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.0% |
| 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: 10
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |