Harrison township, Harrison County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6330
- Northeast: 256
- Midwest: 511
- South: 2874
- West: 208
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 193 people in nursing homes
- 94 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 19 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,093
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 232
- 3 or 4: 85
- 5 to 9: 152
- 10 to 19: 28
- 20 to 49: 36
- 50 or more: 132
- Mobile homes: 500
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,300
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 1,495 (146 second mortgage, 220 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 584
- Construction (15%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (35.1%)
- United States or American (21.2%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- English (10.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- Italian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Cuba (23%)
- Hungary (9%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Mexico (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,253 (82%)
- Carpooled: 702 (14%)
- Walked: 55 (1%)
- Other means: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 134 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 193 people in nursing homes
- 94 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 19 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.1% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,969- In family households: 8,550 (2,270 male householders, 545 female householders)
2,259 spouses, 3,028 children (2,667 natural, 87 adopted, 274 stepchildren), 87 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 90 other relatives, 203 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,419 (534 male householders (373 living alone)), 676 female householders (649 living alone)), 209 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 334 (309 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,160 2-persons, 728 3-persons, 604 4-persons, 225 5-persons, 84 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,022 1-person, 175 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
1,822 married couples with children.
541 single-parent households (108 men, 433 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 130
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43
| Here: | 14.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |