Van Buren township, Clay County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Van Buren township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% 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: 2748
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 170
- South: 155
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
82 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 960
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 5
- 20 to 49: 22
- Mobile homes: 240
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,400
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 472 (76 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 234
- Transportation equipment (25%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- United States or American (33.8%)
- German (19.2%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- European (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (64%)
- Japan (14%)
- Korea (14%)
- Colombia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,237 (81%)
- Carpooled: 258 (17%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 18 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (4%)
82 people in nursing homes
98.8% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,105- In family households: 2,759 (744 male householders, 151 female householders)
744 spouses, 987 children (874 natural, 24 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 30 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 346 (122 male householders (106 living alone)), 181 female householders (163 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 84 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 363 2-persons, 219 3-persons, 207 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 269 1-person, 29 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
610 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (41 men, 94 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |