Polk township, Marshall County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (6% naturalized citizens)
Polk township: | 3.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
75% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2186
- Northeast: 67
- Midwest: 359
- South: 74
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 924
- Mobile homes: 146
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,300
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 382 (70 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 183
- Construction (18%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (40.9%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- Polish (6.8%)
- English (6.6%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- Irish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (50%)
- Mexico (19%)
- Australia (12%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- Bolivia (7%)
- Poland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,096 (80%)
- Carpooled: 122 (9%)
- Walked: 52 (4%)
- Other means: 52 (4%)
- Worked at home: 48 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
95.6% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (9% speak English very well, 91% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,804- In family households: 2,542 (624 male householders, 161 female householders)
626 spouses, 991 children (892 natural, 21 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 38 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 262 (122 male householders (90 living alone)), 104 female householders (99 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 341 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 37 2-persons,
622 married couples with children.
118 single-parent households (46 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
Here: | 15.0% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 4.3% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here: | 61.5% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |