Boston township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)
Boston township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Boston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 567
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 75
- South: 10
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 372
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 53
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Boston township with a mortgage: 54 (7 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boston township:
- Finnish (39.8%)
- German (16.8%)
- Norwegian (12.7%)
- Swedish (5.6%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Irish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (46%)
- Canada (23%)
- Korea (15%)
- Other Eastern Africa (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 230 (75%)
- Carpooled: 53 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Worked at home: 12 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (5%)
90.2% of residents of Boston township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
8.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 686- In family households: 603 (179 male householders, 23 female householders)
173 spouses, 198 children (164 natural, 16 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 2 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 83 (57 male householders (55 living alone)), 23 female householders (23 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 110 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 2 3-persons,
144 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (11 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |