Oak Grove township, Benton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (94% naturalized citizens)
Oak Grove township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Oak Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1288
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 210
- South: 103
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
40 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 597
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 15
- 20 to 49: 16
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,300
Housing units in Oak Grove township with a mortgage: 287 (37 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 158
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Food (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oak Grove township:
- United States or American (27.9%)
- German (25.1%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Scottish (3.6%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (91%)
- Chile (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 619 (76%)
- Carpooled: 126 (15%)
- Ferryboat: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 36 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
40 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Oak Grove township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,628- In family households: 1,442 (404 male householders, 74 female householders)
380 spouses, 516 children (443 natural, 11 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 10 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 186 (66 male householders (47 living alone)), 92 female householders (90 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 226 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 137 1-person, 17 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
326 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (35 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 10.4% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |