Perry township, Martin County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4197
- Northeast: 86
- Midwest: 306
- South: 252
- West: 99
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
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
56 people in nursing homes
3 people in military barracks, etc.
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,623
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 89
- 3 or 4: 59
- 5 to 9: 23
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 17
- Mobile homes: 417
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,000
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 757 (60 second mortgage, 95 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 412
- Construction (19%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- United States or American (32.6%)
- German (25.2%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- English (9.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Polish (1.4%)
- European (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (64%)
- Guatemala (36%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,904 (80%)
- Carpooled: 339 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 73 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
56 people in nursing homes
3 people in military barracks, etc.
98.6% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,909- In family households: 4,133 (1,177 male householders, 184 female householders)
1,144 spouses, 1,486 children (1,336 natural, 53 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 8 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 776 (334 male householders (281 living alone)), 363 female householders (350 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (56 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 637 2-persons, 285 3-persons, 251 4-persons, 136 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 631 1-person, 57 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
956 married couples with children.
233 single-parent households (57 men, 176 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.1% |
| 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: 31
| Here: | 30.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |