Patoka township, Crawford County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 43.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,402 (all rural)
| Males: 742 |  (52.9%) |
| Females: 660 |  (47.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,402 (1,256 owner occupied, 146 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Patoka township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 39.5
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.45
| Patoka township: | 2.5 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.83
| Patoka township: | $39,108 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $342 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $82,893 (it was $63,500 in 2000)
| : | $82,893 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 9.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: English Volunteer Fire Department Patoka Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Patoka township include: Fairview Church (A), Highfill Chapel (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Eckerty Cemetery (1), Brown Cemetery (2), Mount Eden Cemetery (3), Williams Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Patoka Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Rivers and creeks: Sycamore Creek (A), Highfill Creek (B), Little Patoka River (C), Allen Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
71% of Patoka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1046
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 91
- South: 153
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 560
- One, attached: 9
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 258
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,100
Housing units in Patoka township with a mortgage: 111 (7 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 95
- Wood products (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (20%)
- Health care (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Patoka township:
- United States or American (27.8%)
- German (22.6%)
- English (19.8%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
- French Canadian (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 499 (73%)
- Carpooled: 123 (18%)
- Other means: 24 (3%)
- Worked at home: 42 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.0% of residents of Patoka township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,363- In family households: 1,135 (363 male householders, 46 female householders)
357 spouses, 353 children (315 natural, 9 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 228 (103 male householders (91 living alone)), 78 female householders (61 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 24 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 23 2-persons, 6 5-persons,
236 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (24 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 8.1% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |