Grant township, Newton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,293 (all rural)
| Males: 643 |  (49.7%) |
| Females: 650 |  (50.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,293 (999 owner occupied, 294 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Grant township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 37.1
Median age of females: 38.6
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Average household size: 2.55
| Grant township: | 2.5 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Grant township: | $49,513 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $516 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $111,453 (it was $88,600 in 2000)
| : | $111,453 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 36 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.8% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Goodland.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Mount Calvary Cemetery (1), Goodland Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 932
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 218
- South: 84
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 503
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 16
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 221 (14 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- German (33.4%)
- United States or American (18.0%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- English (10.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 462 (75%)
- Carpooled: 70 (11%)
- Walked: 37 (6%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 36 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
98.5% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,281- In family households: 1,081 (299 male householders, 51 female householders)
297 spouses, 364 children (319 natural, 4 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 16 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (60 male householders (51 living alone)), 105 female householders (92 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 159 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 81 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 15 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
273 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (10 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 4.8% |
| 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% |