Perry township, Clinton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% 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: 1243
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 101
- South: 95
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 481
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 1
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,100
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 271 (28 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (41.3%)
- United States or American (22.5%)
- English (10.3%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- Polish (2.7%)
- Greek (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 593 (83%)
- Carpooled: 86 (12%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
94.6% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,496- In family households: 1,323 (326 male householders, 57 female householders)
384 spouses, 505 children (447 natural, 8 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 6 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 173 (60 male householders (47 living alone)), 75 female householders (66 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 113 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 6-persons,
323 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (33 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 1.8% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.9% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 18.8% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |