Jackson township, Fountain County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (37% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 2.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 98% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 489
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 136
- South: 17
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 254
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 48 (9 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Printing and related support activities (29%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Printing and related support activities (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (24%)
- Printing workers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (33.4%)
- German (18.8%)
- English (9.9%)
- Italian (7.2%)
- Dutch (6.3%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (95%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 221 (76%)
- Carpooled: 36 (12%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Worked at home: 25 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Wood (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Electricity (1%)
99.2% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 688- In family households: 626 (184 male householders, 8 female householders)
152 spouses, 243 children (181 natural, 1 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (30 male householders (27 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
178 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (14 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 9.2% |
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% |