Harrison township, Fayette County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Harrison 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, 69% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4958
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 719
- South: 871
- West: 116
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $154,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,350
- One, attached: 128
- Two: 123
- 3 or 4: 49
- 5 to 9: 103
- 10 to 19: 43
- 20 to 49: 79
- 50 or more: 93
- Mobile homes: 204
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 1,057 (141 second mortgage, 123 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 635
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Construction (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- United States or American (39.3%)
- German (16.6%)
- English (13.8%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (43%)
- Spain (35%)
- Germany (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,488 (81%)
- Carpooled: 497 (16%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 48 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.3% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,675- In family households: 5,532 (1,513 male householders, 367 female householders)
1,471 spouses, 1,781 children (1,608 natural, 38 adopted, 135 stepchildren), 136 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 62 other relatives, 132 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,143 (343 male householders (292 living alone)), 680 female householders (622 living alone)), 120 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 105 (98 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 891 2-persons, 471 3-persons, 362 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 914 1-person, 98 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
957 married couples with children.
382 single-parent households (107 men, 275 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |