Root township, Adams County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Root township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Root township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3471
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 616
- South: 281
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,271
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 38
- Mobile homes: 236
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,300
Housing units in Root township with a mortgage: 627 (87 second mortgage, 86 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 361
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Root township:
- German (48.1%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- Swiss (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- India (30%)
- Canada (30%)
- Greece (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,053 (88%)
- Carpooled: 170 (7%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 79 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
95.5% of residents of Root township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,506- In family households: 4,059 (1,143 male householders, 134 female householders)
1,098 spouses, 1,575 children (1,364 natural, 60 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 447 (175 male householders (138 living alone)), 196 female householders (192 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 579 2-persons, 281 3-persons, 210 4-persons, 145 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 330 1-person, 28 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
965 married couples with children.
228 single-parent households (64 men, 164 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 220
| Here: | 36.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 24.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |