Bigger township, Jennings County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 30.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 688 (all rural)
| Males: 356 |  (51.7%) |
| Females: 332 |  (48.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 688 (557 owner occupied, 131 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Bigger township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Black: 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 34.5
Median age of females: 34.8
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Average household size: 2.77
| Bigger township: | 2.8 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.05
| Bigger township: | $45,250 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $481 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $89,262 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
| : | $89,262 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $121,522
Here: $121,522 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $95,646
Here: $95,646 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $136,806
Here: $136,806 State: $100,714
Mobile homes: $25,249
Here: $25,249 State: $33,934
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Bigger township include: Graham Church (A), Rush Branch Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Bethel Cemetery (1), Hughes Cemetery (2), Callicotte Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Broomsage Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Graham Creek (A), Rush Branch (B), Grapevine Branch (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Bigger township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% 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: 683
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 32
- South: 66
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 185
- Mobile homes: 124
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,000
Housing units in Bigger township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Construction (35%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Health care (28%)
- Machinery (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Construction laborers (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (25%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bigger township:
- United States or American (41.1%)
- German (23.6%)
- English (17.1%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 297 (83%)
- Carpooled: 41 (11%)
- Other means: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (3%)
98.9% of residents of Bigger township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 789- In family households: 720 (199 male householders, 22 female householders)
195 spouses, 239 children (204 natural, 21 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 0 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 69 (31 male householders (21 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 86 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 17 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 5 2-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
133 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (14 men, 13 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |