Perry township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18801
- Northeast: 234
- Midwest: 1905
- South: 2032
- West: 304
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Perry township, Indiana:
- 1,910 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 231 people in nursing homes
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 19 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,209
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 168
- 3 or 4: 234
- 5 to 9: 443
- 10 to 19: 489
- 20 to 49: 216
- 50 or more: 347
- Mobile homes: 246
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 3,850 (405 second mortgage, 499 home equity loan, 35 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,068
- Construction (15%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (46.0%)
- United States or American (17.0%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (7.4%)
- Polish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (15%)
- Canada (11%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Chile (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Russia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,505 (86%)
- Carpooled: 1,010 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 34 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 342 (3%)
- Other means: 59 (0%)
- Worked at home: 276 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Perry township, Indiana:
- 1,910 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 231 people in nursing homes
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 19 people in religious group quarters
95.5% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 21,462- In family households: 17,218 (4,642 male householders, 1,068 female householders)
4,641 spouses, 5,889 children (5,207 natural, 202 adopted, 480 stepchildren), 266 grandchildren, 87 brothers or sisters, 112 parents, 201 other relatives, 312 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,244 (1,477 male householders (1,047 living alone)), 1,707 female householders (1,427 living alone)), 1,060 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,238 (235 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,605 2-persons, 1,399 3-persons, 1,075 4-persons, 459 5-persons, 137 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,474 1-person, 485 2-persons, 122 3-persons, 92 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
3,529 married couples with children.
936 single-parent households (209 men, 727 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 480
| Here: | 21.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 274
| Here: | 21.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 129
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |