Patoka township, Dubois County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (15% naturalized citizens)
| Patoka township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Patoka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5745
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 315
- South: 409
- West: 152
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Patoka township, Indiana:
- 157 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,120
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 173
- 3 or 4: 162
- 5 to 9: 110
- 10 to 19: 58
- 20 to 49: 23
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 153
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Patoka township with a mortgage: 1,023 (78 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 626
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (27%)
- Construction (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (22%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Patoka township:
- German (53.9%)
- United States or American (17.2%)
- English (5.7%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.7%)
- Scottish (0.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (46%)
- El Salvador (36%)
- Guatemala (9%)
- Ecuador (2%)
- Germany (2%)
- Guyana (1%)
- Canada (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,871 (81%)
- Carpooled: 468 (13%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 111 (3%)
- Other means: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 69 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Patoka township, Indiana:
- 157 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in religious group quarters
91.8% of residents of Patoka township speak English at home.
7.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (18% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 37% speak English not well, 27% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,944- In family households: 6,004 (1,530 male householders, 391 female householders)
1,477 spouses, 2,214 children (1,960 natural, 50 adopted, 204 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 63 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 75 other relatives, 154 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 940 (316 male householders (230 living alone)), 463 female householders (437 living alone)), 161 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 179 (157 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 836 2-persons, 456 3-persons, 354 4-persons, 191 5-persons, 57 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 667 1-person, 85 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
1,377 married couples with children.
401 single-parent households (118 men, 283 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |