Center township, Jennings County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6650
- Northeast: 185
- Midwest: 585
- South: 982
- West: 128
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 129 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,440
- One, attached: 51
- Two: 212
- 3 or 4: 152
- 5 to 9: 273
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 83
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 418
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,500
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 1,328 (196 second mortgage, 244 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 517
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (28.0%)
- United States or American (25.3%)
- English (12.0%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (63%)
- Germany (34%)
- Japan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,228 (79%)
- Carpooled: 683 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 57 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 129 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.5% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,461- In family households: 7,203 (1,832 male householders, 500 female householders)
1,836 spouses, 2,582 children (2,270 natural, 58 adopted, 254 stepchildren), 120 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 46 other relatives, 167 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,258 (426 male householders (343 living alone)), 654 female householders (608 living alone)), 178 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 151 (147 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 927 2-persons, 570 3-persons, 545 4-persons, 196 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 951 1-person, 112 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,526 married couples with children.
595 single-parent households (160 men, 435 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 96
Here: | 9.2% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
Here: | 7.3% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
Here: | 12.1% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |