Patoka township, Gibson County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Patoka township: | 1.5% |
| 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, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8589
- Northeast: 220
- Midwest: 1288
- South: 868
- West: 183
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Patoka township, Indiana:
- 148 people in nursing homes
- 98 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 38 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,829
- One, attached: 51
- Two: 127
- 3 or 4: 160
- 5 to 9: 264
- 10 to 19: 109
- 20 to 49: 180
- 50 or more: 61
- Mobile homes: 455
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,700
Housing units in Patoka township with a mortgage: 1,645 (251 second mortgage, 357 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,237
- Construction (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Patoka township:
- German (24.1%)
- United States or American (23.9%)
- English (14.9%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (43%)
- Korea (26%)
- India (9%)
- Germany (9%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Honduras (5%)
- Thailand (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,411 (83%)
- Carpooled: 629 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 185 (3%)
- Other means: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Patoka township, Indiana:
- 148 people in nursing homes
- 98 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 38 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Patoka township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,041- In family households: 9,211 (2,527 male householders, 633 female householders)
2,486 spouses, 3,079 children (2,859 natural, 27 adopted, 193 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 62 brothers or sisters, 41 parents, 69 other relatives, 188 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,830 (533 male householders (415 living alone)), 1,039 female householders (973 living alone)), 258 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 318 (285 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,539 2-persons, 761 3-persons, 542 4-persons, 239 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,388 1-person, 155 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
1,751 married couples with children.
783 single-parent households (171 men, 612 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 184
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 62
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 93
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |