Franklin township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
Franklin township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 17% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1038
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 112
- South: 115
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 438
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 191 (32 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Petroleum and coal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (31.1%)
- German (23.2%)
- English (21.7%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Portugal (55%)
- Mexico (45%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 563 (86%)
- Carpooled: 44 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.4% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,320- In family households: 1,244 (345 male householders, 47 female householders)
348 spouses, 458 children (393 natural, 5 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 76 (25 male householders (14 living alone)), 38 female householders (37 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 160 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 12 2-persons,
266 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (9 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 8.0% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |