Scott township, Kosciusko County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (71% naturalized citizens)
Scott township: | 3.0% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
80% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4442
- Northeast: 269
- Midwest: 99
- South: 30
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,846
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 63
- Mobile homes: 148
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,300
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 770 (84 second mortgage, 230 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 563
- Transportation equipment (31%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- Polish (25.3%)
- Italian (15.4%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- English (10.4%)
- German (9.3%)
- Russian (4.9%)
- Welsh (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (33%)
- Poland (21%)
- France (17%)
- Germany (17%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,008 (84%)
- Carpooled: 256 (11%)
- Walked: 29 (1%)
- Worked at home: 111 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Coal or coke (10%)
- Wood (3%)
97.3% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,883- In family households: 4,521 (1,294 male householders, 193 female householders)
1,341 spouses, 1,567 children (1,462 natural, 33 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 4 other relatives, 61 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 362 (196 male householders (196 living alone)), 159 female householders (153 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 48 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 655 2-persons, 361 3-persons, 288 4-persons, 130 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 349 1-person, 6 2-persons,
609 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (15 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 56
Here: | 9.6% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 62
Here: | 17.9% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
Here: | 48.1% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |