Salamonie township, Huntington County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Salamonie township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Salamonie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2132
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 133
- South: 203
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
361 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 721
- One, attached: 40
- Two: 53
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 7
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 102
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Salamonie township with a mortgage: 331 (40 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 187
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salamonie township:
- German (30.5%)
- United States or American (24.8%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- English (12.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Taiwan (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 880 (82%)
- Carpooled: 121 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
361 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Salamonie township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,182- In family households: 1,898 (507 male householders, 101 female householders)
529 spouses, 700 children (601 natural, 3 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 2 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 284 (103 male householders (74 living alone)), 138 female householders (130 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 366 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 285 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 204 1-person, 29 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
439 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (18 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 0.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 22.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |