Jefferson township, Switzerland County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1997
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 449
- South: 547
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
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
79 people in nursing homes
8 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 988
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 40
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 82
- 50 or more: 21
- Mobile homes: 166
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $57,000
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 350 (31 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 236
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (34.7%)
- German (19.8%)
- English (10.6%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (26%)
- South Africa (21%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Mexico (16%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Spain (5%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,003 (80%)
- Carpooled: 141 (11%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 58 (5%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (38%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (3%)
79 people in nursing homes
8 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.8% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,060- In family households: 2,496 (597 male householders, 218 female householders)
613 spouses, 940 children (883 natural, 6 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 11 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 564 (217 male householders (159 living alone)), 254 female householders (232 living alone)), 93 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 86 (78 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 370 2-persons, 173 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 391 1-person, 66 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
455 married couples with children.
235 single-parent households (49 men, 186 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 1.1% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |