Harrison township, Owen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 17.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 473 (all rural)
| Males: 240 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 233 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 473 (391 owner occupied, 82 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Harrison township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.9%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 37.1
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Average household size: 2.66
| Harrison township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Harrison township: | $41,636 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $493 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $101,402 (it was $82,300 in 2000)
| : | $101,402 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 27 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Asher Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
59% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% 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: 416
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 26
- South: 40
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 10.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 130
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,500
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 40 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Utilities (24%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (10%)
- Retail florists (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (26%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Financial managers (8%)
- Art and design workers (8%)
- Personal appearance workers (8%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- United States or American (41.8%)
- French (except Basque) (20.4%)
- German (20.0%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 126 (79%)
- Carpooled: 23 (14%)
- Walked: 6 (4%)
- Worked at home: 5 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
96.2% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 482- In family households: 427 (101 male householders, 38 female householders)
99 spouses, 141 children (141 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 0 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 29 female householders (18 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 26 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 11 2-persons,
84 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (10 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 37.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 26.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |