Penn township, Parke County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Penn township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 672
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 59
- South: 25
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 300
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 69
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Penn township with a mortgage: 94 (12 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (15%)
- Plastics and rubber products (12%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Construction (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn township:
- United States or American (31.3%)
- German (17.9%)
- English (14.4%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Belgian (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 310 (78%)
- Carpooled: 40 (10%)
- Walked: 19 (5%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
96.4% of residents of Penn township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (14% speak English very well, 86% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 785- In family households: 656 (177 male householders, 36 female householders)
172 spouses, 237 children (217 natural, 12 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 129 (39 male householders (25 living alone)), 71 female householders (62 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 23 2-persons,
154 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (16 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |