Keener township, Jasper County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Keener township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Keener township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5693
- Northeast: 153
- Midwest: 1997
- South: 393
- West: 170
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
64 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,423
- One, attached: 109
- Two: 129
- 3 or 4: 70
- 5 to 9: 52
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 57
- 50 or more: 48
- Mobile homes: 353
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Keener township with a mortgage: 1,329 (146 second mortgage, 260 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 552
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Gasoline stations (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Keener township:
- Dutch (24.1%)
- German (19.6%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- English (8.5%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Polish (7.8%)
- Italian (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (23%)
- Mexico (17%)
- Greece (15%)
- Ireland (14%)
- Canada (12%)
- Yugoslavia (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,229 (84%)
- Carpooled: 321 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 55 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 164 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
64 people in nursing homes
96.5% of residents of Keener township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% 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 not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,541- In family households: 7,813 (2,157 male householders, 296 female householders)
2,120 spouses, 2,831 children (2,583 natural, 50 adopted, 198 stepchildren), 137 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 90 other relatives, 126 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 728 (277 male householders (239 living alone)), 377 female householders (348 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 64 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 983 2-persons, 508 3-persons, 525 4-persons, 339 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 587 1-person, 63 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
1,995 married couples with children.
304 single-parent households (86 men, 218 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 170
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |