Center township, Hancock County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15150
- Northeast: 443
- Midwest: 1824
- South: 1903
- West: 429
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 200 people in nursing homes
- 106 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,142
- One, attached: 435
- Two: 458
- 3 or 4: 385
- 5 to 9: 476
- 10 to 19: 126
- 20 to 49: 40
- 50 or more: 123
- Mobile homes: 272
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 3,773 (502 second mortgage, 525 home equity loan, 31 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,337
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (25.5%)
- United States or American (21.6%)
- English (14.5%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (16%)
- Germany (15%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Bangladesh (8%)
- India (6%)
- Poland (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,559 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,126 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 26 (0%)
- Walked: 79 (1%)
- Other means: 77 (1%)
- Worked at home: 296 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 200 people in nursing homes
- 106 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.4% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English very well, 63% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,784- In family households: 17,179 (4,688 male householders, 1,026 female householders)
4,906 spouses, 5,741 children (5,113 natural, 214 adopted, 414 stepchildren), 223 grandchildren, 54 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 194 other relatives, 293 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,605 (934 male householders (682 living alone)), 1,234 female householders (1,152 living alone)), 437 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 327 (324 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,626 2-persons, 1,303 3-persons, 1,159 4-persons, 447 5-persons, 136 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,834 1-person, 241 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
3,765 married couples with children.
970 single-parent households (227 men, 743 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 164
Here: | 7.3% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 73
Here: | 7.1% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 144
Here: | 20.3% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |