Harrison township, Daviess County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 30.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.6 sq. mi.
Population: 673 (all rural)
| Males: 349 |  (51.9%) |
| Females: 324 |  (48.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 673 (578 owner occupied, 95 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Harrison township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Asian: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 38.6
Median age of females: 39.7
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Average household size: 2.57
| Harrison township: | 2.6 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
| Harrison township: | $46,532 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $420 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $104,985 (it was $72,800 in 2000)
| : | $104,985 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 19.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department Montgomery (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Harrison township: Aikman Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Saint Patricks Glencoe Cemetery (1), Ebenezer Cemetery (2), East Union Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Dogwood Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Mud Creek (A), Camp Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Harrison township: Glendale State Fish and Wildlife Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
63% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 445
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 15
- South: 12
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 213
- Mobile homes: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,600
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 80 (0 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Construction (30%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (7%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (16%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (14%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Painters and paperhangers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (20%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (40.8%)
- United States or American (21.4%)
- Irish (16.8%)
- European (6.5%)
- English (3.8%)
- Hungarian (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 193 (79%)
- Carpooled: 38 (16%)
- Worked at home: 12 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
97.7% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 501- In family households: 428 (129 male householders, 28 female householders)
143 spouses, 111 children (99 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 73 (39 male householders (39 living alone)), 34 female householders (34 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person,
143 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (12 men, 9 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): 7
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |