Jackson township, Jackson County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (22% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 4.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14655
- Northeast: 270
- Midwest: 1276
- South: 2051
- West: 464
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $59,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Indiana:
- 358 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,388
- One, attached: 114
- Two: 175
- 3 or 4: 409
- 5 to 9: 473
- 10 to 19: 284
- 20 to 49: 303
- 50 or more: 63
- Mobile homes: 1,054
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 2,759 (344 second mortgage, 253 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,297
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (31.8%)
- United States or American (27.9%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- English (6.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Japan (9%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Honduras (5%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,485 (80%)
- Carpooled: 1,385 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Taxi: 4 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 66 (1%)
- Walked: 169 (2%)
- Other means: 31 (0%)
- Worked at home: 160 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Electricity (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Jackson township, Indiana:
- 358 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally ill
93.1% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,250- In family households: 16,076 (4,044 male householders, 1,192 female householders)
4,080 spouses, 5,558 children (5,017 natural, 127 adopted, 414 stepchildren), 352 grandchildren, 92 brothers or sisters, 71 parents, 198 other relatives, 489 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,174 (1,229 male householders (923 living alone)), 1,340 female householders (1,235 living alone)), 605 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 407 (375 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,154 2-persons, 1,282 3-persons, 1,091 4-persons, 461 5-persons, 238 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,158 1-person, 298 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 19 5-persons,
3,416 married couples with children.
1,141 single-parent households (276 men, 865 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 401
Here: | 18.0% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 89
Here: | 9.4% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 68
Here: | 12.7% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |