Shelby township, Shelby County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Shelby township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Shelby township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1646
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 72
- South: 166
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 656
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Shelby township with a mortgage: 327 (33 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 158
- Construction (15%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shelby township:
- United States or American (40.0%)
- German (29.9%)
- English (7.0%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 903 (91%)
- Carpooled: 60 (6%)
- Worked at home: 32 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Shelby township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English well, 42% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,888- In family households: 1,757 (531 male householders, 59 female householders)
509 spouses, 549 children (494 natural, 28 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 26 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 131 (71 male householders (58 living alone)), 36 female householders (31 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 278 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 28 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 11 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
378 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (16 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |