Jackson township, Hancock County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 1.1% |
| 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, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1480
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 65
- South: 169
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 641
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 305 (55 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 133
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (26.3%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (19.4%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Pakistan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 831 (85%)
- Carpooled: 71 (7%)
- Worked at home: 80 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
96.6% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,802- In family households: 1,654 (490 male householders, 54 female householders)
513 spouses, 547 children (472 natural, 16 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (58 male householders (43 living alone)), 64 female householders (53 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 213 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 96 1-person, 19 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
376 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (24 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |