Shawnee township, Fountain County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 34.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 616 (all rural)
Males: 303 | (49.2%) |
Females: 313 | (50.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 616 (507 owner occupied, 109 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 18% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Shawnee township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 36.7
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Average household size: 2.73
Shawnee township: | 2.7 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.11
Shawnee township: | $45,200 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $449 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $88,366 (it was $66,700 in 2000)
: | $88,366 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 18 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 5.2% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Beulah Cemetery (1), Brown Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Scott Pond (A), Shawnee Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Turkey Run (A), North Fork Coal Creek (B), Bodley Branch (C), Marquess Branch (D), Big Shawnee Creek (E), Bear Creek (F), Rattlesnake Creek (G), Little Shawnee Creek (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
48% of Shawnee 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, 66% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 358
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 112
- South: 89
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 217
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,300
Housing units in Shawnee township with a mortgage: 88 (13 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Metal and metal products (23%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Health care (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (12%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shawnee township:
- German (35.3%)
- United States or American (30.1%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Welsh (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 220 (80%)
- Carpooled: 47 (17%)
- Worked at home: 8 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (6%)
96.6% of residents of Shawnee township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 574- In family households: 497 (146 male householders, 8 female householders)
158 spouses, 174 children (152 natural, 8 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 77 (31 male householders (25 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 73 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 6 2-persons,
143 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (12 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 25.9% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 22.2% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |