Harrison township, Knox County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Harrison township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
74% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1638
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 100
- South: 116
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 738
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 54
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,000
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 280 (43 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 128
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- United States or American (32.7%)
- German (24.9%)
- English (12.2%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.8%)
- European (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (78%)
- Korea (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 886 (87%)
- Carpooled: 61 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Worked at home: 46 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (2%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (22% speak English very well, 78% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,931- In family households: 1,693 (473 male householders, 89 female householders)
488 spouses, 568 children (511 natural, 22 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 17 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 238 (95 male householders (69 living alone)), 105 female householders (95 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 241 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 108 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 164 1-person, 31 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
391 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (22 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 6.4% |
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: | 6.6% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |