Bloomington township, Monroe County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Bloomington township: | 8.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
27% of Bloomington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 22349
- Northeast: 2540
- Midwest: 7158
- South: 3473
- West: 1565
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Bloomington township, Indiana:
- 12,044 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 185 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 113 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 52 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 50 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,471
- One, attached: 388
- Two: 620
- 3 or 4: 1,148
- 5 to 9: 1,728
- 10 to 19: 2,118
- 20 to 49: 1,030
- 50 or more: 1,516
- Mobile homes: 578
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,000
Housing units in Bloomington township with a mortgage: 2,352 (253 second mortgage, 226 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,182
- Educational services (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Construction (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Educational services (34%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Health care (7%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (2%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (2%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomington township:
- German (23.2%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- English (8.7%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (18%)
- Japan (8%)
- India (8%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Germany (4%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,338 (62%)
- Carpooled: 1,632 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 559 (3%)
- Railroad: 8 (0%)
- Taxi: 35 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 47 (0%)
- Bicycle: 484 (3%)
- Walked: 3,473 (19%)
- Other means: 100 (1%)
- Worked at home: 696 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Bloomington township, Indiana:
- 12,044 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 185 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 113 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 52 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 50 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other group homes
86.7% of residents of Bloomington township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 28,553- In family households: 14,150 (3,534 male householders, 1,416 female householders)
3,670 spouses, 4,359 children (4,028 natural, 102 adopted, 229 stepchildren), 144 grandchildren, 173 brothers or sisters, 151 parents, 207 other relatives, 496 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14,403 (4,301 male householders (2,476 living alone)), 4,363 female householders (2,952 living alone)), 5,739 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12,525 (380 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,597 2-persons, 1,083 3-persons, 829 4-persons, 345 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,428 1-person, 1,827 2-persons, 716 3-persons, 410 4-persons, 223 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
2,467 married couples with children.
1,158 single-parent households (217 men, 941 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 141
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 91
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 322
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |