Blue River township, Johnson County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Blue River township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Blue River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4015
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 330
- South: 776
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
146 people in state prisons
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,504
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 82
- 3 or 4: 111
- 5 to 9: 161
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 36
- Mobile homes: 196
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,600
Housing units in Blue River township with a mortgage: 827 (138 second mortgage, 63 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 319
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Construction (17%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Retail florists (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (13%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Art and design workers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blue River township:
- English (24.6%)
- German (20.6%)
- United States or American (19.4%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Welsh (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,859 (79%)
- Carpooled: 276 (12%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 111 (5%)
- Other means: 59 (3%)
- Worked at home: 43 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
146 people in state prisons
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.5% of residents of Blue River township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.1% 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 not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,100- In family households: 4,320 (1,132 male householders, 268 female householders)
1,169 spouses, 1,453 children (1,276 natural, 19 adopted, 158 stepchildren), 79 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 0 other relatives, 200 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 780 (297 male householders (231 living alone)), 342 female householders (308 living alone)), 141 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 156 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 589 2-persons, 332 3-persons, 265 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 539 1-person, 83 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
904 married couples with children.
286 single-parent households (88 men, 198 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |