Franklin township, Harrison County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2035
- Northeast: 113
- Midwest: 187
- South: 1190
- West: 84
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,248
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 122
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,300
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 614 (115 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 239
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (39.3%)
- United States or American (15.5%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- English (9.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (27%)
- Cuba (23%)
- India (15%)
- Canada (15%)
- Cambodia (12%)
- Vietnam (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,631 (86%)
- Carpooled: 147 (8%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.9% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,652- In family households: 3,307 (923 male householders, 155 female householders)
1,015 spouses, 1,083 children (975 natural, 50 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 26 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 345 (173 male householders (153 living alone)), 133 female householders (114 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 498 2-persons, 218 3-persons, 243 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 267 1-person, 39 2-persons,
770 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (37 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: | 17.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |