Franklin township, Grant County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6261
- Northeast: 125
- Midwest: 608
- South: 892
- West: 151
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
220 people in nursing homes
10 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,440
- One, attached: 70
- Two: 261
- 3 or 4: 92
- 5 to 9: 78
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 83
- 50 or more: 118
- Mobile homes: 478
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,400
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 1,140 (104 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 632
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (25.5%)
- German (18.1%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (17%)
- Hong Kong (12%)
- Thailand (10%)
- Egypt (9%)
- Malaysia (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- Other Caribbean (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,633 (78%)
- Carpooled: 405 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Taxi: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 102 (3%)
- Other means: 43 (1%)
- Worked at home: 159 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
220 people in nursing homes
10 people in homes for the mentally ill
95.2% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,928- In family households: 6,559 (1,517 male householders, 699 female householders)
1,482 spouses, 2,213 children (2,013 natural, 43 adopted, 157 stepchildren), 208 grandchildren, 83 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 58 other relatives, 234 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,369 (461 male householders (382 living alone)), 693 female householders (608 living alone)), 215 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 237 (219 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,043 2-persons, 566 3-persons, 367 4-persons, 173 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 990 1-person, 137 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
961 married couples with children.
776 single-parent households (170 men, 606 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 53
| Here: | 16.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |