Center township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (6% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5586
- Northeast: 103
- Midwest: 731
- South: 685
- West: 80
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $98,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
105 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,531
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 124
- 5 to 9: 81
- 10 to 19: 11
- 50 or more: 20
- Mobile homes: 154
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 1,284 (129 second mortgage, 155 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 596
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (27.7%)
- United States or American (23.3%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- European (6.4%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- Italian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Brazil (13%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,049 (85%)
- Carpooled: 326 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 62 (2%)
- Other means: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 121 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (1%)
105 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,181- In family households: 6,462 (1,716 male householders, 414 female householders)
1,735 spouses, 2,255 children (1,961 natural, 51 adopted, 243 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 94 other relatives, 89 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 719 (227 male householders (188 living alone)), 394 female householders (354 living alone)), 98 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 106 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 970 2-persons, 529 3-persons, 419 4-persons, 164 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 542 1-person, 65 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,400 married couples with children.
384 single-parent households (77 men, 307 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 47
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |