Perry township, Lawrence County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1367
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 90
- South: 215
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 577
- One, attached: 9
- Mobile homes: 178
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,500
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 210 (9 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 132
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (12%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- United States or American (35.1%)
- German (15.6%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- English (9.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.4%)
- British (1.8%)
- Italian (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 877 (91%)
- Carpooled: 69 (7%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Wood (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
96.4% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,752- In family households: 1,564 (420 male householders, 103 female householders)
435 spouses, 533 children (460 natural, 26 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 46 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 188 (76 male householders (50 living alone)), 68 female householders (68 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 251 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 10 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
416 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (18 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here: | 7.1% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 22.5% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
Here: | 23.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |