Franklin township, Marion County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
48% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 23587
- Northeast: 649
- Midwest: 3109
- South: 3194
- West: 600
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
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
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,526
- One, attached: 422
- Two: 74
- 3 or 4: 180
- 5 to 9: 1,154
- 10 to 19: 520
- 20 to 49: 87
- 50 or more: 243
- Mobile homes: 329
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,700
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 7,450 (1,179 second mortgage, 910 home equity loan, 64 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,281
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (26.9%)
- United States or American (20.3%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- English (9.7%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- European (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (11%)
- Vietnam (9%)
- Philippines (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Iran (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 15,385 (87%)
- Carpooled: 1,579 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 34 (0%)
- Bicycle: 31 (0%)
- Walked: 78 (0%)
- Other means: 39 (0%)
- Worked at home: 469 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.7% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 32,069- In family households: 28,279 (7,365 male householders, 1,503 female householders)
7,662 spouses, 10,659 children (9,426 natural, 307 adopted, 926 stepchildren), 261 grandchildren, 65 brothers or sisters, 131 parents, 245 other relatives, 388 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,790 (1,457 male householders (1,065 living alone)), 1,578 female householders (1,330 living alone)), 755 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,389 2-persons, 2,177 3-persons, 2,055 4-persons, 878 5-persons, 285 6-persons, 84 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,395 1-person, 529 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
7,297 married couples with children.
1,478 single-parent households (392 men, 1,086 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 663
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 270
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 261
| Here: | 25.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |