Baker township, Morgan County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 15.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 747 (all rural)
Males: 363 | (48.6%) |
Females: 384 | (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 747 (682 owner occupied, 65 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 9% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Baker township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 35.5
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Average household size: 2.98
Baker township: | 3.0 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.31
Baker township: | $56,664 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $579 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $135,400 (it was $114,400 in 2000)
: | $135,400 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 48 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 8.8% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 7.8% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Baker township include: New Salem Church (A), Union Church (B), Zion Hill Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Sodom Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: Paragon Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Indian Creek (A), Buckner Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Baker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 576
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 26
- South: 15
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 200
- Mobile homes: 17
Housing units in Baker township with a mortgage: 56 (0 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Health care (26%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Art and design workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Baker township:
- United States or American (34.5%)
- German (25.6%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- English (6.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- British (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 251 (90%)
- Carpooled: 29 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
94.7% of residents of Baker township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 72% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 628- In family households: 553 (116 male householders, 33 female householders)
137 spouses, 219 children (210 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 19 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (52 male householders (36 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 39 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 16 2-persons,
183 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (10 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 17
Here: | 100.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |