Columbia township, Gibson County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Columbia township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3438
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 314
- South: 236
- West: 86
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $49,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Columbia township, Indiana:
- 202 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 88 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,383
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 85
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 268
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 584 (32 second mortgage, 80 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 312
- Educational services (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- German (24.3%)
- United States or American (18.6%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (54%)
- Austria (19%)
- Ukraine (9%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Other Western Africa (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,363 (76%)
- Carpooled: 255 (14%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 100 (6%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 62 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Columbia township, Indiana:
- 202 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 88 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
97.0% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,870- In family households: 3,298 (912 male householders, 229 female householders)
905 spouses, 1,061 children (931 natural, 47 adopted, 83 stepchildren), 85 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 32 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 572 (244 male householders (225 living alone)), 278 female householders (260 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 300 (101 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 557 2-persons, 270 3-persons, 205 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 485 1-person, 27 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
596 married couples with children.
209 single-parent households (71 men, 138 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 233
| Here: | 70.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |