Columbus township, Bartholomew County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Columbus township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Columbus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 28429
- Northeast: 1209
- Midwest: 4280
- South: 4414
- West: 522
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $109,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Columbus township, Indiana:
- 552 people in nursing homes
- 149 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 50 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 12,403
- One, attached: 517
- Two: 601
- 3 or 4: 1,013
- 5 to 9: 1,176
- 10 to 19: 552
- 20 to 49: 329
- 50 or more: 527
- Mobile homes: 1,016
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in Columbus township with a mortgage: 6,601 (961 second mortgage, 933 home equity loan, 36 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,976
- Construction (29%)
- Utilities (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbus township:
- German (24.3%)
- United States or American (22.8%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (29%)
- India (15%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Japan (6%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,536 (84%)
- Carpooled: 2,164 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 74 (0%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 134 (1%)
- Walked: 300 (2%)
- Other means: 89 (0%)
- Worked at home: 464 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Columbus township, Indiana:
- 552 people in nursing homes
- 149 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 50 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 8 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
92.9% of residents of Columbus township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 40,445- In family households: 33,656 (8,578 male householders, 2,642 female householders)
9,030 spouses, 11,525 children (10,461 natural, 311 adopted, 753 stepchildren), 468 grandchildren, 214 brothers or sisters, 199 parents, 279 other relatives, 721 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,789 (2,617 male householders (2,086 living alone)), 3,037 female householders (2,770 living alone)), 1,135 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 816 (785 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,217 2-persons, 2,478 3-persons, 2,189 4-persons, 927 5-persons, 327 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,856 1-person, 611 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 65 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
7,205 married couples with children.
2,424 single-parent households (494 men, 1,930 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 745
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 101
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 177
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |