Ervin township, Howard County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (86% naturalized citizens)
| Ervin township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Ervin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1786
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 255
- South: 146
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 773
- One, attached: 17
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,800
Housing units in Ervin township with a mortgage: 470 (29 second mortgage, 76 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 140
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ervin township:
- German (31.3%)
- United States or American (23.0%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Romanian (2.0%)
- Swedish (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (26%)
- Cuba (26%)
- India (17%)
- Other Northern Africa (17%)
- Mexico (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,003 (92%)
- Carpooled: 48 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.1% of residents of Ervin township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,348- In family households: 2,219 (622 male householders, 87 female householders)
667 spouses, 763 children (668 natural, 19 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 22 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 129 (65 male householders (51 living alone)), 53 female householders (53 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 315 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 104 1-person, 14 2-persons,
570 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (27 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 25.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |