Delaware township, Delaware County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Delaware township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Delaware township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3074
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 229
- South: 273
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
76 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,298
- Two: 73
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 32
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 58
- Mobile homes: 89
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,000
Housing units in Delaware township with a mortgage: 555 (75 second mortgage, 57 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 340
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Paper (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Delaware township:
- United States or American (36.5%)
- German (18.0%)
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (64%)
- Japan (36%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,353 (82%)
- Carpooled: 167 (10%)
- Walked: 63 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 68 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
76 people in nursing homes
97.1% of residents of Delaware township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,646- In family households: 3,005 (861 male householders, 160 female householders)
885 spouses, 1,027 children (897 natural, 27 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 641 (245 male householders (183 living alone)), 276 female householders (261 living alone)), 120 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 76 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 471 2-persons, 255 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 444 1-person, 49 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 21 4-persons,
632 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (43 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 32.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |