Fayette township, Vigo County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Fayette township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Fayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2097
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 239
- South: 102
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 958
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 105
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Fayette township with a mortgage: 467 (28 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 222
- Construction (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fayette township:
- German (26.0%)
- United States or American (23.9%)
- English (15.0%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Taiwan (21%)
- Japan (17%)
- Iran (17%)
- Peru (17%)
- Germany (15%)
- Philippines (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,126 (87%)
- Carpooled: 140 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 13 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (1%)
96.0% of residents of Fayette township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,556- In family households: 2,287 (689 male householders, 76 female householders)
701 spouses, 715 children (652 natural, 7 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 13 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 269 (115 male householders (69 living alone)), 99 female householders (94 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 365 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 26 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 163 1-person, 42 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
487 married couples with children.
95 single-parent households (35 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |