Harrison township, Delaware County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Harrison township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2851
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 176
- South: 312
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
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
229 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,090
- Two: 21
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 202
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 515 (109 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- United States or American (28.1%)
- German (22.1%)
- English (12.5%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Welsh (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Dominican Republic (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,279 (82%)
- Carpooled: 134 (9%)
- Subway or elevated: 24 (2%)
- Walked: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 108 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
229 people in nursing homes
98.8% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,208- In family households: 2,940 (917 male householders, 57 female householders)
927 spouses, 910 children (799 natural, 31 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 37 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 268 (131 male householders (116 living alone)), 108 female householders (96 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 228 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 427 2-persons, 230 3-persons, 194 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 212 1-person, 27 2-persons,
650 married couples with children.
105 single-parent households (34 men, 71 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 2.6% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 1.9% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 11.3% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |