Jackson township, Jay County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 908
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 104
- South: 14
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 272
- Mobile homes: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 79 (19 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Health care (17%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Private households (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Retail florists (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Religious workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Child care workers (15%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Art and design workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (36.4%)
- Swiss (20.3%)
- United States or American (14.8%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 382 (72%)
- Carpooled: 93 (17%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 42 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (2%)
80.0% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
17.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,050- In family households: 994 (273 male householders, 8 female householders)
273 spouses, 416 children (363 natural, 0 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 24 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 29 female householders (24 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 40 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 5 2-persons,
243 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (5 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62
| Here: | 30.2% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |