Posey township, Clay County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Posey township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Posey 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, 73% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3145
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 291
- South: 153
- West: 144
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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: 1,308
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 30
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 169
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,900
Housing units in Posey township with a mortgage: 618 (26 second mortgage, 81 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 380
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Posey township:
- German (32.7%)
- United States or American (18.0%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Canada (19%)
- Iran (16%)
- Australia (16%)
- Germany (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,682 (87%)
- Carpooled: 170 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 43 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
98.6% of residents of Posey township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,810- In family households: 3,456 (961 male householders, 166 female householders)
953 spouses, 1,142 children (971 natural, 28 adopted, 143 stepchildren), 85 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 46 other relatives, 78 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 354 (96 male householders (86 living alone)), 199 female householders (180 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 514 2-persons, 256 3-persons, 204 4-persons, 105 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 266 1-person, 20 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
863 married couples with children.
144 single-parent households (39 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 14.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |