Jackson township, Brown County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2914
- Northeast: 165
- Midwest: 365
- South: 410
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,642
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 248
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,700
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 533 (67 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 258
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (23.9%)
- German (19.4%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- English (12.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (38%)
- Armenia (33%)
- Colombia (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,435 (79%)
- Carpooled: 214 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (1%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 97 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (11%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
97.8% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,939- In family households: 3,517 (983 male householders, 236 female householders)
1,089 spouses, 1,027 children (865 natural, 94 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 77 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 30 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 422 (187 male householders (140 living alone)), 148 female householders (123 living alone)), 87 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 653 2-persons, 274 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 263 1-person, 57 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
761 married couples with children.
182 single-parent households (70 men, 112 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |