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Jefferson township, Pike County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)

Jefferson township:

0.7%
Whole state:

3.1%

58% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1397
  • Northeast: 29
  • Midwest: 94
  • South: 145
  • West: 5

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Jefferson township, IN map Jefferson township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200


Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 171 (13 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 36
  • 1995 to 1998: 112
  • 1990 to 1994: 67
  • 1980 to 1989: 112
  • 1970 to 1979: 185
  • 1960 to 1969: 72
  • 1950 to 1959: 58
  • 1940 to 1949: 57
  • 1939 or earlier: 94

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 7
  • 4 rooms: 119
  • 5 rooms: 237
  • 6 rooms: 114
  • 7 rooms: 78
  • 8 rooms: 37
  • 9 or more rooms: 6

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 14
  • 4 rooms: 33
  • 5 rooms: 45
  • 6 rooms: 0
  • 7 rooms: 6
  • 8 rooms: 6
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Jefferson township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 227
  • 3 bedrooms: 335
  • 4 bedrooms: 23
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 6

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 28
  • 2 bedrooms: 46
  • 3 bedrooms: 30
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 174
  • 2 vehicles: 271
  • 3 vehicles: 101
  • 4 vehicles: 52
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 14
  • 1 vehicle: 47
  • 2 vehicles: 31
  • 3 vehicles: 12
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (19%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (17%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Chemicals (5%)
  • Retail florists (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
  • Woodworkers (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Woodworkers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:

  • United States or American (44.6%)
  • German (18.2%)
  • English (14.1%)
  • French (except Basque) (7.1%)
  • Irish (5.5%)
  • Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
  • European (1.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Greece (50%)
  • Thailand (50%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
  • Utility gas (28%)
  • Electricity (20%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
  • Wood (5%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

98.6% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,689

Size of family households: 243 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 92 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 10 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 161 1-person, 29 2-persons,

331 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (25 men, 48 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): 8
Here:

8.1%
Indiana:

8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
Here:

35.5%
Indiana:

23.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Jefferson township:

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