Jackson township, Boone County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2169
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 178
- South: 264
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 899
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 80
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,300
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 469 (42 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (32.6%)
- English (17.7%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,168 (82%)
- Carpooled: 160 (11%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 68 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Wood (1%)
97.6% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,660- In family households: 2,381 (637 male householders, 103 female householders)
668 spouses, 860 children (776 natural, 6 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 19 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 279 (108 male householders (69 living alone)), 123 female householders (118 living alone)), 48 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 300 2-persons, 161 3-persons, 160 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 187 1-person, 44 2-persons,
596 married couples with children.
91 single-parent households (24 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |