German township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (62% naturalized citizens)
| German township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of German township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6073
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 395
- South: 619
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
69 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,460
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 18
- Mobile homes: 211
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in German township with a mortgage: 1,417 (186 second mortgage, 225 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 606
- Construction (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Construction (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in German township:
- German (57.5%)
- United States or American (16.3%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- English (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Italian (1.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ukraine (29%)
- Russia (18%)
- Brazil (14%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Italy (9%)
- Cuba (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,488 (91%)
- Carpooled: 172 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 142 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
69 people in religious group quarters
98.2% of residents of German township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 26% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,261- In family households: 6,698 (1,919 male householders, 212 female householders)
1,921 spouses, 2,405 children (2,191 natural, 106 adopted, 108 stepchildren), 95 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 76 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 563 (191 male householders (177 living alone)), 298 female householders (233 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 69 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 889 2-persons, 435 3-persons, 485 4-persons, 228 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 50 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 410 1-person, 79 2-persons,
1,643 married couples with children.
206 single-parent households (57 men, 149 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 395
| Here: | 41.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 219
| Here: | 40.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |