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Boston township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)

Boston township:

1.4%
Whole state:

3.1%

61% of Boston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 567
  • Northeast: 4
  • Midwest: 75
  • South: 10
  • West: 17

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%

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
Boston township, IN map Boston township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100


Housing units in Boston township with a mortgage: 54 (7 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 4
  • 1995 to 1998: 20
  • 1990 to 1994: 29
  • 1980 to 1989: 48
  • 1970 to 1979: 107
  • 1960 to 1969: 85
  • 1950 to 1959: 50
  • 1940 to 1949: 30
  • 1939 or earlier: 59

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Boston township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 4
  • 3 rooms: 15
  • 4 rooms: 48
  • 5 rooms: 42
  • 6 rooms: 52
  • 7 rooms: 24
  • 8 rooms: 26
  • 9 or more rooms: 26

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boston township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 9
  • 3 rooms: 2
  • 4 rooms: 10
  • 5 rooms: 10
  • 6 rooms: 0
  • 7 rooms: 2
  • 8 rooms: 3
  • 9 or more rooms: 2

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Boston township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 15
  • 2 bedrooms: 83
  • 3 bedrooms: 94
  • 4 bedrooms: 37
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 8

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boston township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 11
  • 2 bedrooms: 14
  • 3 bedrooms: 4
  • 4 bedrooms: 7
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Cars and other vehicles available in Boston township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 9
  • 1 vehicle: 51
  • 2 vehicles: 108
  • 3 vehicles: 45
  • 4 vehicles: 16
  • 5 or more vehicles: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Boston township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 15
  • 2 vehicles: 19
  • 3 vehicles: 2
  • 4 vehicles: 2
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (14%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Repair and maintenance (8%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Food (5%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (8%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Boston township:

  • Finnish (39.8%)
  • German (16.8%)
  • Norwegian (12.7%)
  • Swedish (5.6%)
  • Polish (5.4%)
  • United States or American (5.2%)
  • Irish (3.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Other Northern Europe (46%)
  • Canada (23%)
  • Korea (15%)
  • Other Eastern Africa (15%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Wood (32%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
  • Electricity (17%)
  • Utility gas (5%)

90.2% of residents of Boston township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
8.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 686

Size of family households: 110 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 2 3-persons,

144 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (11 men, 26 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%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Boston township:

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