Marion township, Decatur County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 55.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,637 (all rural)
| Males: 844 |  (51.6%) |
| Females: 793 |  (48.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,637 (1,425 owner occupied, 212 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Marion township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.1%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 37.2
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Average household size: 2.77
| Marion township: | 2.8 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.15
| Marion township: | $44,998 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $537 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $111,453 (it was $88,100 in 2000)
| : | $111,453 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 30 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Millhousen.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Hamburg Community Center (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Marion township include: Mount Pleasant Church (A), Sand Creek Church (B), Union Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Antioch Cemetery (1), Mount Pleasant Cemetery (2), Burks Chapel Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Morrison Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Jordan Creek (A), Fall Branch (B), Lost Fork (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
74% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1492
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 57
- South: 121
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 516
- One, attached: 10
- Mobile homes: 93
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 176 (38 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (60.8%)
- United States or American (16.5%)
- English (9.1%)
- Lithuanian (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Irish (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 721 (84%)
- Carpooled: 89 (10%)
- Walked: 47 (5%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 2 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Wood (14%)
- Other fuel (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
98.8% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,687- In family households: 1,493 (403 male householders, 50 female householders)
400 spouses, 581 children (525 natural, 28 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 34 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 194 (100 male householders (84 living alone)), 52 female householders (37 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 158 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 25 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
357 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (11 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 13.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |