Jackson township, Sullivan County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.6% |
| 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, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1401
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 79
- South: 100
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 568
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 7
- 10 to 19: 20
- Mobile homes: 153
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,300
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 176 (23 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 177
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (24.4%)
- German (24.0%)
- English (21.9%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 504 (77%)
- Carpooled: 115 (18%)
- Ferryboat: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 20 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
99.0% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,639- In family households: 1,342 (384 male householders, 68 female householders)
374 spouses, 442 children (400 natural, 11 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 17 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 297 (100 male householders (66 living alone)), 121 female householders (114 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 202 2-persons, 113 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 22 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 180 1-person, 24 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 3 6-persons,
312 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (20 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |