Jefferson township, Grant County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
43% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3161
- Northeast: 318
- Midwest: 1472
- South: 522
- West: 257
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Indiana:
- 1,665 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 45 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,308
- One, attached: 38
- Two: 64
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 37
- 20 to 49: 22
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 109
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 593 (82 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 376
- Educational services (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Educational services (39%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (27.4%)
- United States or American (21.2%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- Italian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other South Eastern Asia (34%)
- Canada (32%)
- Sweden (8%)
- Other Caribbean (8%)
- Austria (6%)
- Russia (4%)
- Mexico (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,873 (70%)
- Carpooled: 181 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 32 (1%)
- Walked: 426 (16%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 153 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Indiana:
- 1,665 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 45 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.5% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,128- In family households: 3,613 (1,057 male householders, 145 female householders)
1,044 spouses, 1,191 children (1,064 natural, 58 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 74 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 23 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 515 (156 male householders (121 living alone)), 203 female householders (175 living alone)), 156 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,716 (53 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 573 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 244 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 296 1-person, 19 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
835 married couples with children.
148 single-parent households (34 men, 114 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 56
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,791
| Here: | 92.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |