Marion township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% 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: 2891
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 314
- South: 142
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $127,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,077
- One, attached: 13
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 389
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,900
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 537 (59 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 272
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (56.8%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- English (4.2%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- Swiss (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (21%)
- Canada (18%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Korea (12%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Germany (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,729 (89%)
- Carpooled: 133 (7%)
- Railroad: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 69 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
96.5% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,574- In family households: 3,145 (923 male householders, 109 female householders)
887 spouses, 1,149 children (1,086 natural, 33 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 0 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 429 (189 male householders (145 living alone)), 177 female householders (160 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 473 2-persons, 204 3-persons, 201 4-persons, 109 5-persons, 45 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 305 1-person, 61 2-persons,
756 married couples with children.
172 single-parent households (67 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 219
| Here: | 51.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 84
| Here: | 40.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |