Grassy Fork township, Jackson County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 39.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 775 (all rural)
Males: 384 | (49.5%) |
Females: 391 | (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 775 (654 owner occupied, 121 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Grassy Fork township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.1%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 34.9
Median age of females: 34.9
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Average household size: 2.80
Grassy Fork township: | 2.8 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
Grassy Fork township: | $46,829 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $525 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $116,528 (it was $83,900 in 2000)
: | $116,528 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 20 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Grassy Fork Township Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Grassy Fork township: Russell Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1), Rucker Cemetery (2), Waskom Cemetery (3), Lubker Cemetery (4), Sturgeon Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pond Creek (A), Knob Creek (B), Grassy Fork (C), Grassy Creek (D), Delaney Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
78% of Grassy Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 716
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 52
- South: 104
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 253
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $83,000
Housing units in Grassy Fork township with a mortgage: 98 (17 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (15%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (26%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (21%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grassy Fork township:
- United States or American (45.4%)
- German (41.0%)
- English (4.3%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
- French Canadian (1.7%)
- Irish (1.0%)
- Swedish (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 378 (80%)
- Carpooled: 27 (6%)
- Other means: 18 (4%)
- Worked at home: 51 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
96.8% of residents of Grassy Fork township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 889- In family households: 841 (239 male householders, 19 female householders)
222 spouses, 314 children (309 natural, 5 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (22 male householders (22 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person,
169 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (11 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 51
Here: | 45.5% |
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% |