Salem township, Steuben County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1695
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 380
- South: 163
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 929
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 179
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,500
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 370 (33 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 165
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (33.5%)
- United States or American (24.3%)
- English (11.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
- Dutch (6.6%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (86%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 940 (81%)
- Carpooled: 177 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 34 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
97.9% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English well, 27% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,312- In family households: 1,973 (529 male householders, 135 female householders)
528 spouses, 659 children (546 natural, 19 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 15 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 339 (145 male householders (104 living alone)), 106 female householders (91 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 299 2-persons, 183 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 195 1-person, 38 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
440 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (20 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 25.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |