Jennings township, Owen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 19.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 839 (all rural)
Males: 427 | (50.9%) |
Females: 412 | (49.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 839 (734 owner occupied, 105 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 13% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Jennings township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.0%
- Black: 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 40.4
Median age of females: 39.5
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Average household size: 2.53
Jennings township: | 2.5 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
Jennings township: | $41,636 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $493 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $101,402 (it was $82,300 in 2000)
: | $101,402 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 43 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 6.9% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Cataract Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Jennings township: Buckskin Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Maze Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Paradise Lake (A), Camp Otto Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Doe Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
54% of Jennings township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 8% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 97% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 667
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 28
- South: 110
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 346
- Mobile homes: 84
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,600
Housing units in Jennings township with a mortgage: 69 (8 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Construction (19%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (21%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Gasoline stations (8%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jennings township:
- United States or American (39.0%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- English (11.8%)
- German (11.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
- Polish (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 321 (79%)
- Carpooled: 60 (15%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
98.5% of residents of Jennings township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 816- In family households: 709 (193 male householders, 43 female householders)
206 spouses, 217 children (194 natural, 13 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 28 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (64 male householders (54 living alone)), 35 female householders (35 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 113 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 10 2-persons,
151 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (22 men, 21 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 38.1% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |