Forest township, Clinton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 26.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 843 (all rural)
Males: 409 | (48.5%) |
Females: 434 | (51.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 843 (723 owner occupied, 120 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 14% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Forest township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.1%
Median age of males: 37.0
Median age of females: 37.2
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Average household size: 2.63
Forest township: | 2.6 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.00
Forest township: | $46,358 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $520 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,825 (it was $85,500 in 2000)
: | $96,825 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 9.0% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 6.4% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Forest Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Forest township: Union Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Saint Paul Cemetery (1), Union Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Shanty Creek (A), Swamp Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
52% of Forest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 824
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 57
- South: 30
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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: 328
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Forest township with a mortgage: 145 (25 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Transportation equipment (40%)
- Construction (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- U. S. Postal service (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Engineers (16%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (22%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forest township:
- Irish (33.9%)
- United States or American (28.2%)
- German (15.1%)
- English (9.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 328 (85%)
- Carpooled: 47 (12%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 911- In family households: 819 (157 male householders, 97 female householders)
209 spouses, 329 children (318 natural, 0 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 92 (37 male householders (29 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 114 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 23 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 8 2-persons,
179 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (5 men, 34 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: 5
Here: | 20.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |