Jefferson township, Wells County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.5% |
| 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, 84% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4707
- Northeast: 130
- Midwest: 475
- South: 214
- West: 113
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
77 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,695
- One, attached: 46
- Two: 87
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 26
- Mobile homes: 258
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,600
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 941 (150 second mortgage, 96 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 377
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (47.1%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- English (10.7%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Syria (22%)
- Germany (15%)
- India (15%)
- Thailand (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,562 (89%)
- Carpooled: 155 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 141 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
77 people in nursing homes
98.1% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% speak English very well, 54% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,599- In family households: 5,018 (1,349 male householders, 244 female householders)
1,284 spouses, 1,913 children (1,750 natural, 39 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 37 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 581 (258 male householders (203 living alone)), 255 female householders (247 living alone)), 68 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 77 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 658 2-persons, 343 3-persons, 353 4-persons, 158 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 450 1-person, 54 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,290 married couples with children.
269 single-parent households (67 men, 202 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 116
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 21.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |