Center township, Marshall County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 59.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 14,721 (77% urban, 23% rural)
| Males: 7,221 |  (49.1%) |
| Females: 7,500 |  (50.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 14,352 (10,026 owner occupied, 4,326 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 30% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Center township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 87.2%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 10.9%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 34.4
Median age of females: 36.6
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Average household size: 2.61
| Center township: | 2.6 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
| Center township: | $45,438 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $515 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $123,991 (it was $88,900 in 2000)
| : | $123,991 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 247 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 23.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 10.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Plymouth.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Center township: Dairy N Farm (A), Homestead Dairy (B), Richards Dairy Farm (C), Sunnybrook Dairy (D), Edison Farms (E), Kaiser Farms (F), Motz Farms (G), R and L Grain Farm (H), Ganshorn Farms (I), Walker Farm (J), Woodward Farms (K), Roberts Farms (L), Plymouth Speedway (M), Price Nurseries (N). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Center township include: Jacoby Church (A), Sunrise Chapel (B), Wesleyan Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Salem Cemetery (1), Tabor Cemetery (2), Nighthart Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Lawrence Lake (A), Dixon Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
60% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1108
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 105
- South: 80
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 197 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 40 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 25 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 482
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 159
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 71 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- United States or American (35.7%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- German (12.4%)
- English (8.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 370 (74%)
- Carpooled: 62 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 33 (7%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 197 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 40 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 25 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
97.9% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,323- In family households: 1,116 (312 male householders, 64 female householders)
312 spouses, 345 children (306 natural, 14 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 25 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 207 (95 male householders (77 living alone)), 88 female householders (85 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (5 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 179 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 20 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
2,782 married couples with children.
816 single-parent households (196 men, 620 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |