Geneva township, Jennings County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Geneva township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Geneva township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5697
- Northeast: 135
- Midwest: 559
- South: 901
- West: 227
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $84,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
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
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,320
- 3 or 4: 21
- Mobile homes: 1,778
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 285
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,900
Housing units in Geneva township with a mortgage: 732 (81 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Geneva township:
- United States or American (39.9%)
- German (22.2%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- English (6.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Mexico (36%)
- Canada (12%)
- Other Eastern Europe (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,764 (78%)
- Carpooled: 598 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 84 (2%)
- Other means: 17 (0%)
- Worked at home: 55 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.7% of residents of Geneva township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,598- In family households: 6,895 (1,754 male householders, 440 female householders)
1,846 spouses, 2,463 children (2,044 natural, 100 adopted, 319 stepchildren), 115 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 71 other relatives, 153 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 703 (312 male householders (241 living alone)), 262 female householders (218 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 847 2-persons, 537 3-persons, 471 4-persons, 235 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 459 1-person, 100 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,494 married couples with children.
445 single-parent households (152 men, 293 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 167
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |