Jackson township, Shelby County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% 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: 1268
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 29
- South: 124
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 457
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 219 (58 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Retail florists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (32.9%)
- German (31.6%)
- English (11.2%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (64%)
- Other Western Asia (36%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 679 (88%)
- Carpooled: 47 (6%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.2% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,495- In family households: 1,367 (387 male householders, 33 female householders)
382 spouses, 510 children (497 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 0 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 128 (48 male householders (25 living alone)), 37 female householders (22 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 178 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 96 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 30 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 32 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
334 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (9 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 9.7% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |