Otter Creek township, Vigo County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Otter Creek township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Otter Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7180
- Northeast: 85
- Midwest: 800
- South: 528
- West: 217
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Otter Creek township, Indiana:
- 123 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,749
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 214
- 3 or 4: 174
- 5 to 9: 99
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 484
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,600
Housing units in Otter Creek township with a mortgage: 1,473 (142 second mortgage, 127 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 798
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otter Creek township:
- German (25.7%)
- United States or American (20.8%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (42%)
- Russia (21%)
- Mexico (17%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- France (7%)
- Other South America (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,727 (87%)
- Carpooled: 470 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (0%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Utility gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Otter Creek township, Indiana:
- 123 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.9% of residents of Otter Creek township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,821- In family households: 7,669 (2,098 male householders, 486 female householders)
2,120 spouses, 2,487 children (2,131 natural, 99 adopted, 257 stepchildren), 136 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 62 other relatives, 224 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,152 (448 male householders (344 living alone)), 544 female householders (509 living alone)), 160 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 132 (124 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,186 2-persons, 680 3-persons, 496 4-persons, 156 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 853 1-person, 115 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 9 5-persons,
1,510 married couples with children.
519 single-parent households (135 men, 384 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 114
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 55
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |