Perry township, Monroe County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 6.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
37% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 23209
- Northeast: 2565
- Midwest: 6662
- South: 3663
- West: 1677
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $105,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Perry township, Indiana:
- 840 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 277 people in nursing homes
- 215 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 175 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 36 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 2 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,307
- One, attached: 1,317
- Two: 719
- 3 or 4: 1,209
- 5 to 9: 2,309
- 10 to 19: 1,808
- 20 to 49: 661
- 50 or more: 794
- Mobile homes: 1,007
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 5,456 (467 second mortgage, 659 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,269
- Educational services (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (21.0%)
- United States or American (12.7%)
- English (10.7%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- India (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Japan (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,317 (76%)
- Carpooled: 2,094 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 323 (2%)
- Railroad: 10 (0%)
- Taxi: 35 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 25 (0%)
- Bicycle: 456 (2%)
- Walked: 1,408 (7%)
- Other means: 80 (0%)
- Worked at home: 670 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Perry township, Indiana:
- 840 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 277 people in nursing homes
- 215 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 175 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 36 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 2 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
92.4% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 38,930- In family households: 25,659 (6,682 male householders, 2,309 female householders)
7,153 spouses, 8,035 children (7,431 natural, 285 adopted, 319 stepchildren), 291 grandchildren, 213 brothers or sisters, 99 parents, 233 other relatives, 644 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13,271 (4,073 male householders (2,710 living alone)), 4,848 female householders (3,471 living alone)), 4,350 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,588 (543 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,400 2-persons, 2,165 3-persons, 1,585 4-persons, 648 5-persons, 139 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6,181 1-person, 1,821 2-persons, 497 3-persons, 309 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
5,165 married couples with children.
1,843 single-parent households (335 men, 1,508 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 452
| Here: | 14.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 51
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 334
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |