Jackson township, Morgan County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2368
- Northeast: 99
- Midwest: 136
- South: 277
- West: 115
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
37 people in nursing homes
7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,107
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 3
- 50 or more: 13
- Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,100
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 463 (64 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 209
- Construction (21%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Air transportation (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (29.0%)
- German (17.2%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- English (9.1%)
- Scottish (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Norwegian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (50%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,037 (75%)
- Carpooled: 179 (13%)
- Walked: 52 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 104 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
37 people in nursing homes
7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.6% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,974- In family households: 2,652 (722 male householders, 194 female householders)
784 spouses, 831 children (753 natural, 2 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 18 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 322 (123 male householders (76 living alone)), 150 female householders (148 living alone)), 49 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (40 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 432 2-persons, 191 3-persons, 210 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 224 1-person, 46 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
594 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (34 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 8.2% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 5.6% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
Here: | 38.7% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |