Perry township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
Perry township: | 0.9% |
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, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 530
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 60
- South: 39
- West: 25
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 236
- One, attached: 1
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 104 (5 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- United States or American (30.6%)
- German (29.8%)
- English (15.7%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Scottish (4.5%)
- Welsh (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (57%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 257 (74%)
- Carpooled: 48 (14%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
95.7% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (17% speak English very well, 83% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 707- In family households: 650 (167 male householders, 56 female householders)
181 spouses, 200 children (170 natural, 6 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 57 (26 male householders (21 living alone)), 23 female householders (21 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 42 1-person, 7 2-persons,
162 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (10 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |