Blue River township, Harrison County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 38.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,923 (all rural)
| Males: 955 |  (49.7%) |
| Females: 968 |  (50.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,919 (1,665 owner occupied, 254 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Blue River township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 37.0
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Average household size: 2.68
| Blue River township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
| Blue River township: | $48,789 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $515 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $121,503 (it was $94,300 in 2000)
| : | $121,503 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 50 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 9.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Blue River township include: Grace Assembly Church (A), Blue River Church (B), Mount Tabor Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Zion Cemetery (1), Boston Cemetery (2), Breedlove Cemetery (3), Reno Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Baldy Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Blue River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1129
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 33
- South: 750
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 546
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 18
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 176
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,300
Housing units in Blue River township with a mortgage: 211 (25 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63
- Construction (21%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blue River township:
- United States or American (25.9%)
- German (24.3%)
- English (18.2%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- European (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 744 (80%)
- Carpooled: 113 (12%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (2%)
- Worked at home: 44 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Wood (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.3% of residents of Blue River township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,009- In family households: 1,767 (413 male householders, 161 female householders)
428 spouses, 628 children (601 natural, 14 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 29 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (103 male householders (74 living alone)), 83 female householders (78 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 274 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 26 2-persons, 6 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
372 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (30 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |