Salem township, Delaware County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3254
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 259
- South: 446
- West: 59
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,483
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 96
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 840 (73 second mortgage, 110 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 310
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (26.3%)
- United States or American (22.8%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- English (12.3%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- European (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,805 (91%)
- Carpooled: 118 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (2%)
98.9% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,099- In family households: 3,604 (1,047 male householders, 146 female householders)
1,067 spouses, 1,190 children (1,022 natural, 13 adopted, 155 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 36 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 495 (200 male householders (157 living alone)), 213 female householders (193 living alone)), 82 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 549 2-persons, 279 3-persons, 229 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 350 1-person, 53 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
789 married couples with children.
155 single-parent households (38 men, 117 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: | 16.5% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |