Harrison township, Spencer County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7924
- Northeast: 201
- Midwest: 357
- South: 842
- West: 118
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
163 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,732
- One, attached: 78
- Two: 246
- 3 or 4: 182
- 5 to 9: 54
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 513
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 1,421 (137 second mortgage, 253 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 780
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (26%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (44.3%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- English (7.7%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (25%)
- Mexico (22%)
- Philippines (20%)
- Japan (10%)
- Korea (10%)
- Canada (7%)
- Cuba (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,998 (83%)
- Carpooled: 475 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 82 (2%)
- Walked: 196 (4%)
- Other means: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
163 people in religious group quarters
95.2% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,425- In family households: 8,270 (1,978 male householders, 687 female householders)
1,987 spouses, 3,028 children (2,701 natural, 76 adopted, 251 stepchildren), 162 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 91 parents, 136 other relatives, 156 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,155 (546 male householders (420 living alone)), 398 female householders (375 living alone)), 211 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 99 (58 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,129 2-persons, 617 3-persons, 560 4-persons, 269 5-persons, 76 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 795 1-person, 118 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
459 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (15 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 47
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |