Perry township, Clay County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
77% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 796
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 70
- South: 42
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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: 312
- Mobile homes: 104
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 83 (0 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Health care (10%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (22%)
- Customer service representatives (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- United States or American (29.9%)
- German (23.8%)
- English (15.7%)
- Irish (15.7%)
- Scottish (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Portuguese (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 324 (78%)
- Carpooled: 53 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.6% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 941- In family households: 791 (214 male householders, 42 female householders)
245 spouses, 275 children (250 natural, 0 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (45 male householders (42 living alone)), 94 female householders (86 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 128 1-person, 11 2-persons,
187 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (13 men, 16 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: 3
Here: | 6.8% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |