Rock Creek township, Huntington County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rock Creek township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Rock Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1086
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 158
- South: 80
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
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: 500
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Rock Creek township with a mortgage: 249 (39 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Registered nurses (15%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rock Creek township:
- German (43.8%)
- United States or American (12.9%)
- English (11.2%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 609 (85%)
- Carpooled: 39 (5%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 49 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.6% of residents of Rock Creek township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,427- In family households: 1,288 (353 male householders, 45 female householders)
343 spouses, 508 children (455 natural, 26 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 139 (52 male householders (39 living alone)), 56 female householders (46 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 145 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 111 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 85 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
312 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (8 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 22.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |