Columbia township, Fayette County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Columbia township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 382
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 121
- South: 43
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 186
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 74
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,200
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 28 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- German (26.6%)
- United States or American (18.3%)
- English (16.7%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- Italian (3.8%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
- Austrian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (56%)
- Mexico (44%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 226 (80%)
- Carpooled: 38 (13%)
- Worked at home: 19 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
96.5% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 604- In family households: 540 (144 male householders, 45 female householders)
143 spouses, 172 children (157 natural, 0 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 16 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 64 (29 male householders (29 living alone)), 35 female householders (35 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 102 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person,
195 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (28 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |