Jefferson township, Newton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% 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: 1365
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 697
- South: 105
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
50 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 779
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 54
- 3 or 4: 34
- 5 to 9: 36
- 10 to 19: 37
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 350 (38 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 214
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (21.9%)
- Irish (15.5%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (11.2%)
- French (except Basque) (7.2%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- Italian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (33%)
- India (29%)
- El Salvador (15%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Costa Rica (5%)
- Other Northern Europe (3%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 821 (75%)
- Carpooled: 179 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (5%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
50 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
94.1% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,235- In family households: 1,899 (489 male householders, 127 female householders)
500 spouses, 669 children (574 natural, 22 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 29 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 336 (110 male householders (89 living alone)), 180 female householders (159 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 50 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 277 2-persons, 122 3-persons, 129 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 248 1-person, 36 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
379 married couples with children.
132 single-parent households (36 men, 96 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 13.5% |
| 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: 9
| Here: | 37.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |