Polk township, Washington County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Polk township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1444
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 90
- South: 649
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $140,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 726
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 274
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,700
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 238 (15 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 109
- Construction (15%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (28.7%)
- United States or American (19.4%)
- Irish (18.0%)
- English (10.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
- European (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (58%)
- United Kingdom (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 927 (83%)
- Carpooled: 143 (13%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Utility gas (3%)
98.7% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,231- In family households: 1,989 (533 male householders, 122 female householders)
543 spouses, 649 children (581 natural, 21 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 26 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (103 male householders (87 living alone)), 105 female householders (95 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 279 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 21 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
522 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (22 men, 77 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 13.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 16.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |