Iroquois township, Newton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (44% naturalized citizens)
Iroquois township: | 5.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Iroquois township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1007
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 176
- South: 83
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
55 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 500
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 20
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Iroquois township with a mortgage: 209 (18 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (3%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Iroquois township:
- United States or American (23.1%)
- German (17.7%)
- English (15.7%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- El Salvador (19%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- Netherlands (5%)
- Thailand (5%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 529 (86%)
- Carpooled: 54 (9%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
55 people in nursing homes
89.0% of residents of Iroquois township speak English at home.
8.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,364- In family households: 1,212 (326 male householders, 62 female householders)
323 spouses, 428 children (416 natural, 4 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 152 (59 male householders (42 living alone)), 67 female householders (66 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 55 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 14 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
277 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (32 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
Here: | 15.7% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
Here: | 13.4% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 21.4% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |