Clay township, Howard County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Clay township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2953
- Northeast: 155
- Midwest: 467
- South: 287
- West: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,370
- One, attached: 9
- Mobile homes: 93
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 855 (57 second mortgage, 112 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 347
- Transportation equipment (33%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Engineers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- German (32.8%)
- English (15.8%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
- Italian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (26%)
- Jordan (24%)
- Canada (20%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (11%)
- France (9%)
- Yugoslavia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,690 (93%)
- Carpooled: 62 (3%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 43 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.7% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,028- In family households: 3,789 (1,100 male householders, 133 female householders)
1,109 spouses, 1,337 children (1,262 natural, 37 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 0 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 239 (120 male householders (100 living alone)), 99 female householders (94 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 515 2-persons, 268 3-persons, 251 4-persons, 162 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 194 1-person, 25 2-persons,
978 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (28 men, 97 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |