Harrison township, Vigo County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
48% 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, 58% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 38989
- Northeast: 1074
- Midwest: 5922
- South: 3179
- West: 1572
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
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
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 3,275 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 614 people in nursing homes
- 236 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 171 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 146 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 146 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 89 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 26 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 21 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 10 people in other group homes
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 16,344
- One, attached: 435
- Two: 1,281
- 3 or 4: 1,903
- 5 to 9: 1,163
- 10 to 19: 311
- 20 to 49: 315
- 50 or more: 1,155
- Mobile homes: 259
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,000
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 6,856 (584 second mortgage, 492 home equity loan, 18 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,505
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- United States or American (20.9%)
- German (19.7%)
- English (9.9%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (16%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Germany (8%)
- Nigeria (5%)
- India (4%)
- Vietnam (3%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,451 (78%)
- Carpooled: 2,670 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 116 (1%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 51 (0%)
- Bicycle: 93 (0%)
- Walked: 1,419 (6%)
- Other means: 140 (1%)
- Worked at home: 395 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 3,275 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 614 people in nursing homes
- 236 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 171 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 146 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 146 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 89 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 26 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 21 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 10 people in other group homes
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 3 people in religious group quarters
96.1% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 47,306- In family households: 36,114 (7,831 male householders, 3,917 female householders)
8,007 spouses, 12,904 children (11,599 natural, 233 adopted, 1,072 stepchildren), 898 grandchildren, 472 brothers or sisters, 304 parents, 471 other relatives, 1,310 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11,192 (3,672 male householders (2,715 living alone)), 5,155 female householders (4,429 living alone)), 2,365 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,601 (973 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,094 2-persons, 2,833 3-persons, 2,224 4-persons, 1,068 5-persons, 354 6-persons, 175 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7,144 1-person, 1,282 2-persons, 265 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
6,194 married couples with children.
4,186 single-parent households (773 men, 3,413 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 423
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 501
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |