Salem township, Pulaski County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Salem township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1269
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 152
- South: 88
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
60 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 513
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,900
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 196 (11 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 171
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (43.9%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- French (except Basque) (6.9%)
- English (4.0%)
- Swiss (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 567 (79%)
- Carpooled: 72 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Worked at home: 47 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (1%)
60 people in nursing homes
98.1% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,463- In family households: 1,276 (354 male householders, 59 female householders)
361 spouses, 472 children (440 natural, 13 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (63 male householders (42 living alone)), 90 female householders (83 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 196 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 125 1-person, 21 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
324 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (19 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 8.0% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 5.7% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |