Orleans township, Orange County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Orleans township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Orleans 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, 64% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2724
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 404
- South: 314
- West: 69
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,087
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 32
- 3 or 4: 80
- 20 to 49: 33
- Mobile homes: 237
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,400
Housing units in Orleans township with a mortgage: 447 (29 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 301
- Construction (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Health care (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Orleans township:
- United States or American (46.0%)
- German (18.7%)
- English (7.9%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Italian (1.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (1.6%)
- French Canadian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Nicaragua (33%)
- Canada (33%)
- Dominican Republic (22%)
- Germany (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,306 (83%)
- Carpooled: 176 (11%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
95.6% of residents of Orleans township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,558- In family households: 3,021 (768 male householders, 179 female householders)
773 spouses, 1,187 children (1,062 natural, 23 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 27 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 537 (166 male householders (124 living alone)), 256 female householders (237 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 405 2-persons, 194 3-persons, 203 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 361 1-person, 38 2-persons, 23 4-persons,
765 married couples with children.
177 single-parent households (58 men, 119 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 95
| Here: | 18.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |