Marion township, Jasper County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5438
- Northeast: 89
- Midwest: 906
- South: 335
- West: 148
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Marion township, Indiana:
- 654 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 135 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,111
- One, attached: 78
- Two: 101
- 3 or 4: 180
- 5 to 9: 115
- 10 to 19: 79
- 20 to 49: 25
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $94,300
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 996 (109 second mortgage, 97 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 623
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (25.9%)
- United States or American (15.7%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- English (11.1%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (45%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Japan (6%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (6%)
- Panama (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,358 (75%)
- Carpooled: 403 (13%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 19 (1%)
- Walked: 250 (8%)
- Other means: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Marion township, Indiana:
- 654 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 135 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
95.0% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English well, 72% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,250- In family households: 5,275 (1,396 male householders, 345 female householders)
1,342 spouses, 1,920 children (1,786 natural, 33 adopted, 101 stepchildren), 122 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 46 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 975 (295 male householders (262 living alone)), 577 female householders (536 living alone)), 103 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 829 (175 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 739 2-persons, 418 3-persons, 373 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 798 1-person, 64 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
1,205 married couples with children.
385 single-parent households (102 men, 283 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 70
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 629
| Here: | 84.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |