Delaware township, Ripley County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Delaware township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Delaware township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 916
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 236
- South: 133
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 374
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 103
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Delaware township with a mortgage: 163 (38 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (20%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Delaware township:
- German (44.8%)
- United States or American (33.9%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- English (5.3%)
- Polish (1.2%)
- Russian (1.1%)
- Scottish (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 557 (87%)
- Carpooled: 82 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.8% of residents of Delaware township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,307- In family households: 1,170 (305 male householders, 72 female householders)
310 spouses, 448 children (395 natural, 0 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 13 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 137 (69 male householders (54 living alone)), 46 female householders (42 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 120 2-persons, 110 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 96 1-person, 13 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
335 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (8 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |