Jefferson township, Whitley County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1670
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 221
- South: 86
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
77 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 730
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 374 (56 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (54.5%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- English (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (33%)
- Austria (26%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Brazil (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,003 (88%)
- Carpooled: 59 (5%)
- Worked at home: 82 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
77 people in nursing homes
94.4% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,999- In family households: 1,886 (575 male householders, 97 female householders)
583 spouses, 605 children (579 natural, 15 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 113 (45 male householders (29 living alone)), 51 female householders (51 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 77 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 359 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 16 2-persons,
427 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (18 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 17.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 16.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 22.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |