Pershing township, Jackson County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Pershing township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Pershing township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1166
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 18
- South: 199
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 439
- One, attached: 17
- 3 or 4: 16
- Mobile homes: 148
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,500
Housing units in Pershing township with a mortgage: 185 (36 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Construction (25%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pershing township:
- United States or American (51.7%)
- German (23.6%)
- English (13.8%)
- Irish (2.6%)
- British (1.3%)
- Dutch (0.7%)
- Scottish (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 529 (76%)
- Carpooled: 157 (23%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Wood (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.4% of residents of Pershing township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,426- In family households: 1,317 (360 male householders, 91 female householders)
384 spouses, 407 children (390 natural, 8 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 28 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (54 male householders (54 living alone)), 48 female householders (41 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 209 2-persons, 113 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 27 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 95 1-person, 7 2-persons,
235 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (10 men, 45 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: 7
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |