Blue River township, Hancock County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (39% naturalized citizens)
| Blue River township: | 7.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Blue River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4022
- Northeast: 108
- Midwest: 77
- South: 167
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,241
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 112
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 276
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,000
Housing units in Blue River township with a mortgage: 643 (25 second mortgage, 145 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 286
- Construction (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blue River township:
- German (49.5%)
- United States or American (16.9%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Swiss (3.6%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.9%)
- Polish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (34%)
- Mexico (24%)
- Canada (15%)
- India (12%)
- Honduras (10%)
- Laos (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,750 (78%)
- Carpooled: 285 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (1%)
- Walked: 43 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 138 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
92.6% of residents of Blue River township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (16% speak English very well, 73% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,523- In family households: 4,038 (1,034 male householders, 199 female householders)
1,071 spouses, 1,557 children (1,447 natural, 32 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 71 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 485 (195 male householders (136 living alone)), 172 female householders (150 living alone)), 118 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 542 2-persons, 246 3-persons, 249 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 286 1-person, 60 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 7 6-persons,
310 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (17 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 130
| Here: | 22.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |