Clay township, Decatur County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 50.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,266 (all rural)
| Males: 659 |  (52.1%) |
| Females: 607 |  (47.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,266 (959 owner occupied, 307 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Clay township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Black: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 36.3
Median age of females: 36.9
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Average household size: 2.64
| Clay township: | 2.6 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.97
| Clay township: | $44,998 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $537 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $111,453 (it was $88,100 in 2000)
| : | $111,453 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 25 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Burney - Clay Township Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Clay township: Liberty Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mowery Cemetery (1), Nauvoo Cemetery (2), Pumphrey Cemetery (3), Swinney Cemetery (4), Patrick Cemetery (5), Columbia Cemetery (6), Center Grove Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Middle Fork Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pond Branch (A), Buck Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Clay township: Camp Clifty (1). Display/hide its location on the map
56% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1136
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 42
- South: 112
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 398
- One, attached: 2
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 113
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,300
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 157 (7 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (18%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- United States or American (31.3%)
- German (27.6%)
- English (11.7%)
- Dutch (6.5%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Italian (1.6%)
- European (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 530 (83%)
- Carpooled: 79 (12%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 24 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
99.5% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,290- In family households: 1,165 (334 male householders, 46 female householders)
313 spouses, 409 children (398 natural, 0 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 13 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (58 male householders (48 living alone)), 43 female householders (21 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 172 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person, 32 2-persons,
232 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (17 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 35.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |