Harrison township, Wells County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (90% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 0.8% |
| 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, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6950
- Northeast: 113
- Midwest: 900
- South: 471
- West: 133
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 84 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 22 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,038
- One, attached: 58
- Two: 237
- 3 or 4: 107
- 5 to 9: 64
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 40
- Mobile homes: 91
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 1,508 (193 second mortgage, 173 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 820
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (35.3%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- English (7.8%)
- Swiss (7.6%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- Brazil (19%)
- Colombia (16%)
- Iraq (10%)
- Korea (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,598 (83%)
- Carpooled: 332 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 19 (0%)
- Walked: 146 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 226 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Harrison township, Indiana:
- 84 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 22 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
95.6% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,526- In family households: 7,292 (1,960 male householders, 399 female householders)
1,934 spouses, 2,744 children (2,341 natural, 87 adopted, 316 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 54 other relatives, 97 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,234 (453 male householders (363 living alone)), 613 female householders (579 living alone)), 168 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 124 (108 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,033 2-persons, 525 3-persons, 477 4-persons, 216 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 942 1-person, 97 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
1,700 married couples with children.
442 single-parent households (91 men, 351 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 54
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |