Richland township, Jay County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% 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: 3896
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 254
- South: 624
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
38 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,787
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 99
- 3 or 4: 76
- 5 to 9: 27
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 12
- Mobile homes: 155
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,500
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 743 (62 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 554
- Nonmetallic mineral products (20%)
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (13%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (23%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- United States or American (40.3%)
- German (19.5%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- English (9.4%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- Italian (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Mexico (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,760 (83%)
- Carpooled: 289 (14%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
38 people in nursing homes
98.6% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,888- In family households: 4,190 (1,119 male householders, 289 female householders)
1,129 spouses, 1,414 children (1,231 natural, 31 adopted, 152 stepchildren), 57 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 36 other relatives, 117 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 698 (256 male householders (217 living alone)), 355 female householders (323 living alone)), 87 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 646 2-persons, 344 3-persons, 282 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 540 1-person, 59 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
837 married couples with children.
294 single-parent households (69 men, 225 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.1% |
| 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: 9
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |