Oil township, Perry County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Oil township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
43% of Oil township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1505
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 162
- South: 252
- West: 17
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
893 people in state prisons
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 327
- Mobile homes: 129
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,000
Housing units in Oil township with a mortgage: 57 (5 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Construction (18%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oil township:
- German (24.8%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (8.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Swiss (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 434 (84%)
- Carpooled: 58 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
893 people in state prisons
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.6% of residents of Oil township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,082- In family households: 985 (286 male householders, 34 female householders)
295 spouses, 345 children (311 natural, 14 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (45 male householders (45 living alone)), 47 female householders (44 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 906 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 153 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 3 2-persons,
237 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (15 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 50
| Here: | 30.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 94
| Here: | 57.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |