Big Creek township, White County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Big Creek township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Big Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 702
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 74
- South: 31
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 288
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $63,300
Housing units in Big Creek township with a mortgage: 146 (13 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Construction (20%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Religious workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Creek township:
- German (25.8%)
- United States or American (22.8%)
- French (except Basque) (8.6%)
- English (8.0%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- El Salvador (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 325 (76%)
- Carpooled: 38 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.2% of residents of Big Creek township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 847- In family households: 760 (224 male householders, 33 female householders)
200 spouses, 263 children (255 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 87 (31 male householders (21 living alone)), 43 female householders (41 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 12 2-persons,
195 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (11 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 22.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |