Noble township, Wabash County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Noble township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Noble township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% 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: 11985
- Northeast: 278
- Midwest: 1284
- South: 1466
- West: 350
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Noble township, Indiana:
- 231 people in nursing homes
- 157 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 118 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 84 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 23 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,003
- One, attached: 172
- Two: 253
- 3 or 4: 324
- 5 to 9: 188
- 10 to 19: 163
- 20 to 49: 86
- 50 or more: 17
- Mobile homes: 320
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,100
Housing units in Noble township with a mortgage: 2,377 (309 second mortgage, 183 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,397
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Paper (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Noble township:
- German (31.9%)
- United States or American (19.6%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (14%)
- Iran (14%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- Taiwan (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Vietnam (9%)
- Japan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,168 (84%)
- Carpooled: 751 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 29 (0%)
- Walked: 144 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 217 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Noble township, Indiana:
- 231 people in nursing homes
- 157 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 118 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 84 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 23 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.7% of residents of Noble township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,928- In family households: 12,639 (3,317 male householders, 877 female householders)
3,174 spouses, 4,356 children (3,946 natural, 88 adopted, 322 stepchildren), 288 grandchildren, 99 brothers or sisters, 76 parents, 135 other relatives, 317 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,289 (780 male householders (616 living alone)), 1,200 female householders (1,103 living alone)), 309 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 635 (500 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,922 2-persons, 975 3-persons, 787 4-persons, 322 5-persons, 154 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,719 1-person, 228 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 15 4-persons,
2,547 married couples with children.
866 single-parent households (208 men, 658 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 96
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 79
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |