Marion township, Shelby County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1181
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 188
- South: 183
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
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: 0.0% of all households
20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 544
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 5
- 20 to 49: 44
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 332 (39 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 84
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (34.7%)
- United States or American (26.1%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- Belgian (1.1%)
- British (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Egypt (29%)
- Colombia (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 845 (95%)
- Carpooled: 36 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
20 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.6% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,570- In family households: 1,435 (447 male householders, 56 female householders)
456 spouses, 424 children (386 natural, 13 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 20 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 135 (76 male householders (69 living alone)), 50 female householders (50 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 248 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 37 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 7 2-persons,
295 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (19 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 25.1% |
| 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% |