Jackson township, Harrison County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2763
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 273
- South: 1797
- West: 95
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,520
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 25
- Mobile homes: 428
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 798 (140 second mortgage, 72 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 277
- Construction (22%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (31.5%)
- German (29.6%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (77%)
- Laos (8%)
- Canada (7%)
- Netherlands (2%)
- Iran (2%)
- Other Western Asia (2%)
- Colombia (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,192 (83%)
- Carpooled: 317 (12%)
- Walked: 45 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 83 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (44%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.4% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well, 49% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,124- In family households: 4,588 (1,168 male householders, 316 female householders)
1,262 spouses, 1,514 children (1,326 natural, 48 adopted, 140 stepchildren), 73 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 87 other relatives, 120 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 536 (201 male householders (174 living alone)), 222 female householders (170 living alone)), 113 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 601 2-persons, 368 3-persons, 342 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 344 1-person, 62 2-persons, 17 4-persons,
1,018 married couples with children.
199 single-parent households (64 men, 135 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |