Guthrie township, Lawrence County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 42.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 1,583 (all rural)
| Males: 834 |  (52.7%) |
| Females: 749 |  (47.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,583 (1,389 owner occupied, 194 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Guthrie township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 35.5
Median age of females: 36.3
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Average household size: 2.74
| Guthrie township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Guthrie township: | $43,735 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $446 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $97,720 (it was $74,200 in 2000)
| : | $97,720 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 38 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 19.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 6.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Guthrie township: Guthrie Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 1 (A), Guthrie Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Guthrie township include: Dixon Chapel (A), Fairview Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Dodd Cemetery (1), Carlton Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Back Creek (A), Crawford Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Guthrie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1322
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 93
- South: 103
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 492
- Mobile homes: 245
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Guthrie township with a mortgage: 107 (13 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 140
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Guthrie township:
- United States or American (51.3%)
- German (20.3%)
- English (9.8%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 522 (76%)
- Carpooled: 143 (21%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
98.8% of residents of Guthrie township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,544- In family households: 1,353 (356 male householders, 87 female householders)
342 spouses, 449 children (398 natural, 6 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 22 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 191 (79 male householders (76 living alone)), 76 female householders (49 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 189 2-persons, 113 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 125 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
333 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (33 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |