Jamestown township, Steuben County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Jamestown township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Jamestown 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, 42% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2212
- Northeast: 121
- Midwest: 937
- South: 159
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,903
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 16
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 817
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,600
Housing units in Jamestown township with a mortgage: 590 (38 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 341
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jamestown township:
- German (36.5%)
- United States or American (21.2%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (38%)
- Germany (38%)
- Other Western Europe (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,533 (83%)
- Carpooled: 182 (10%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 99 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
96.1% of residents of Jamestown township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,517- In family households: 2,972 (934 male householders, 140 female householders)
892 spouses, 884 children (822 natural, 8 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 0 other relatives, 102 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 545 (275 male householders (225 living alone)), 183 female householders (162 living alone)), 87 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 659 2-persons, 172 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 387 1-person, 61 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
566 married couples with children.
117 single-parent households (68 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 36
| Here: | 87.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |