Laughery township, Ripley County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Laughery township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of Laughery township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 694
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 11
- South: 326
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
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
People in group quarters in Laughery township, Indiana:
- 108 people in nursing homes
- 54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 290
- Mobile homes: 183
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,300
Housing units in Laughery township with a mortgage: 38 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (19%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Laughery township:
- United States or American (28.1%)
- German (26.1%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- English (10.4%)
- French (except Basque) (7.1%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 313 (73%)
- Carpooled: 63 (15%)
- Other means: 14 (3%)
- Worked at home: 39 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
People in group quarters in Laughery township, Indiana:
- 108 people in nursing homes
- 54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in religious group quarters
99.4% of residents of Laughery township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,038- In family households: 927 (282 male householders, 29 female householders)
254 spouses, 305 children (268 natural, 5 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (52 male householders (42 living alone)), 52 female householders (52 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 136 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 81 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 10 2-persons,
954 married couples with children.
218 single-parent households (53 men, 165 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 7.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |