Harrison township, Howard County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (33% naturalized citizens)
Harrison township: | 3.8% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5871
- Northeast: 214
- Midwest: 1065
- South: 737
- West: 141
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,344
- One, attached: 145
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 186
- 5 to 9: 471
- 10 to 19: 185
- 20 to 49: 103
- 50 or more: 55
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,700
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 1,555 (152 second mortgage, 242 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 501
- Transportation equipment (30%)
- Computer and electronic products (13%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Construction (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Computer and electronic products (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Engineers (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (21.8%)
- United States or American (20.2%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- English (10.1%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Polish (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Eastern Asia (19%)
- Mexico (17%)
- India (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Germany (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,652 (88%)
- Carpooled: 325 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (1%)
- Worked at home: 126 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
94.4% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,389- In family households: 7,274 (1,918 male householders, 559 female householders)
1,918 spouses, 2,568 children (2,334 natural, 69 adopted, 165 stepchildren), 81 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 68 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,115 (422 male householders (328 living alone)), 531 female householders (494 living alone)), 162 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,184 2-persons, 522 3-persons, 526 4-persons, 190 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 822 1-person, 103 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
1,558 married couples with children.
562 single-parent households (80 men, 482 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 83
Here: | 8.6% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
Here: | 8.7% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
Here: | 10.6% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |