Harrison township, Dearborn County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (48% naturalized citizens)
Harrison township: | 6.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9895
- Northeast: 440
- Midwest: 644
- South: 1457
- West: 351
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $181,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,173
- One, attached: 287
- Two: 107
- 3 or 4: 156
- 5 to 9: 61
- 10 to 19: 26
- Mobile homes: 320
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,300
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 2,160 (218 second mortgage, 298 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,446
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (41.2%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (7.0%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (29%)
- Germany (11%)
- Italy (8%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Haiti (6%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- Ireland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,799 (81%)
- Carpooled: 641 (11%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 85 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 352 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
96.0% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,487- In family households: 11,187 (3,349 male householders, 478 female householders)
3,401 spouses, 3,503 children (3,216 natural, 67 adopted, 220 stepchildren), 122 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 48 parents, 39 other relatives, 237 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,300 (469 male householders (380 living alone)), 651 female householders (558 living alone)), 180 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 613 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,906 2-persons, 851 3-persons, 656 4-persons, 321 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 57 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 938 1-person, 171 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
719 married couples with children.
120 single-parent households (37 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 247
Here: | 18.5% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
Here: | 5.8% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 115
Here: | 37.5% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |