Decatur township, Marion County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Decatur township: | 0.0% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Decatur township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 640
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 125
- South: 75
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
86 people in nursing homes
83 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 206
- Mobile homes: 136
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,500
Housing units in Decatur township with a mortgage: 65 (0 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Decatur township:
- United States or American (46.1%)
- Irish (19.5%)
- German (13.8%)
- English (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 316 (71%)
- Carpooled: 88 (20%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 32 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Utility gas (3%)
86 people in nursing homes
83 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.2% of residents of Decatur township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 883- In family households: 801 (249 male householders, 14 female householders)
219 spouses, 304 children (257 natural, 25 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 82 (45 male householders (31 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 92 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 41 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 55 1-person, 14 2-persons,
4,732 married couples with children.
1,867 single-parent households (452 men, 1,415 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 8
Here: | 24.2% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |