Washington township, Washington County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (51% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7246
- Northeast: 152
- Midwest: 591
- South: 1774
- West: 116
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 246 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,305
- One, attached: 34
- Two: 171
- 3 or 4: 117
- 5 to 9: 97
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 32
- Mobile homes: 466
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 1,388 (155 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 924
- Construction (28%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Printing workers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (30.9%)
- German (21.7%)
- English (17.2%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (25%)
- Philippines (25%)
- Russia (18%)
- Canada (13%)
- Argentina (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,762 (78%)
- Carpooled: 748 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 98 (2%)
- Other means: 48 (1%)
- Worked at home: 183 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 246 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the physically handicapped
98.5% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English 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 very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,652- In family households: 8,278 (2,201 male householders, 604 female householders)
2,243 spouses, 2,739 children (2,377 natural, 48 adopted, 314 stepchildren), 143 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 130 other relatives, 158 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,374 (448 male householders (336 living alone)), 734 female householders (693 living alone)), 192 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 336 (327 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,303 2-persons, 694 3-persons, 500 4-persons, 201 5-persons, 72 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,029 1-person, 131 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 5 5-persons,
1,594 married couples with children.
518 single-parent households (153 men, 365 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 2.1% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
Here: | 7.4% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
Here: | 13.9% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |