Orange township, Rush County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 844 (all rural)
| Males: 417 |  (49.4%) |
| Females: 427 |  (50.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 844 (646 owner occupied, 198 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Orange township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 33.1
Median age of females: 33.5
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Average household size: 2.98
| Orange township: | 3.0 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.46
| Orange township: | $46,695 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $450 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $104,188 (it was $86,100 in 2000)
| : | $104,188 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 23 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Orange township: Big Flat Rock Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Morrison Cemetery (1), Radar-Bowman-Worland Cemetery (2), Vienna Cemetery (3), McCarty Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Bob Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
62% of Orange township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 787
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 37
- South: 47
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 302
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $251,900
Housing units in Orange township with a mortgage: 87 (12 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Construction (28%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Health care (30%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Carpenters (14%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Painters and paperhangers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Orange township:
- German (38.1%)
- United States or American (32.5%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- English (6.4%)
- European (3.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 255 (63%)
- Carpooled: 84 (21%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (4%)
- Walked: 32 (8%)
- Worked at home: 19 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (5%)
74.5% of residents of Orange township speak English at home.
25.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 881- In family households: 821 (216 male householders, 18 female householders)
234 spouses, 327 children (313 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (20 male householders (20 living alone)), 40 female householders (40 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 99 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 65 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person,
241 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (11 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 13.4% |
| 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: 15
| Here: | 39.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |