Harrison township, Kosciusko County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (28% naturalized citizens)
Harrison township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2603
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 272
- South: 341
- West: 107
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $16,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 910
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 462
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,100
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 378 (23 second mortgage, 60 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (33.6%)
- United States or American (21.4%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- European (3.1%)
- Polish (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (87%)
- Honduras (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,386 (78%)
- Carpooled: 247 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 51 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 66 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.5% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,418- In family households: 2,944 (782 male householders, 147 female householders)
787 spouses, 1,053 children (928 natural, 24 adopted, 101 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 36 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 474 (132 male householders (77 living alone)), 246 female householders (224 living alone)), 96 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 452 2-persons, 169 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 301 1-person, 62 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
682 married couples with children.
159 single-parent households (46 men, 113 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 5.2% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 11.7% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |