Harrison township, Henry County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 97% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1197
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 57
- South: 285
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 492
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 59
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 153 (14 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- United States or American (53.5%)
- German (14.5%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- English (5.1%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 549 (80%)
- Carpooled: 72 (10%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
99.0% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,554- In family households: 1,455 (395 male householders, 81 female householders)
420 spouses, 462 children (391 natural, 2 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 13 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 99 (55 male householders (43 living alone)), 27 female householders (22 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 218 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person, 17 2-persons,
321 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (31 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |