Otter Creek township, Ripley County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 41.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,339 (all rural)
| Males: 682 |  (50.9%) |
| Females: 657 |  (49.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,339 (1,086 owner occupied, 253 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Otter Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.1%
Median age of males: 34.6
Median age of females: 34.8
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Average household size: 2.80
| Otter Creek township: | 2.8 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.15
| Otter Creek township: | $47,765 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $487 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $131,355 (it was $97,900 in 2000)
| : | $131,355 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 4.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Holton.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Lock Spring (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Otter Creek township: Hopewell Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Old Hopewell Cemetery (1), O'Brien Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bear Branch (A), Little Otter Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
63% of Otter Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 940
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 140
- South: 142
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 419
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 85
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,600
Housing units in Otter Creek township with a mortgage: 115 (11 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otter Creek township:
- United States or American (35.5%)
- German (31.8%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- European (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 516 (80%)
- Carpooled: 83 (13%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (9%)
- Other fuel (3%)
99.8% of residents of Otter Creek township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,259- In family households: 1,111 (262 male householders, 72 female householders)
267 spouses, 412 children (337 natural, 29 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 19 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (101 male householders (79 living alone)), 22 female householders (22 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 111 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 101 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
296 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (33 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.2% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |