Wayne township, Owen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Wayne township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1315
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 84
- South: 134
- West: 85
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
48 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 533
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 162
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 189 (19 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 114
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Rail transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:
- United States or American (43.2%)
- German (11.1%)
- English (9.7%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Scottish (5.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (60%)
- Canada (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 544 (76%)
- Carpooled: 142 (20%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
48 people in nursing homes
97.7% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,591- In family households: 1,443 (419 male householders, 78 female householders)
399 spouses, 457 children (411 natural, 11 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 14 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (49 male householders (48 living alone)), 95 female householders (93 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 223 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 3 2-persons,
285 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (27 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.0% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |