Smith township, Whitley County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Smith township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Smith township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4200
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 380
- South: 329
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $44,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,709
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 13
- 20 to 49: 1
- Mobile homes: 276
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,200
Housing units in Smith township with a mortgage: 764 (64 second mortgage, 94 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 372
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smith township:
- German (36.3%)
- United States or American (19.6%)
- English (11.2%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- British (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (44%)
- Canada (30%)
- United Kingdom (26%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,292 (86%)
- Carpooled: 211 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 68 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 69 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.3% of residents of Smith township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,057- In family households: 4,461 (1,216 male householders, 208 female householders)
1,160 spouses, 1,663 children (1,509 natural, 61 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 34 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 596 (251 male householders (211 living alone)), 270 female householders (248 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 605 2-persons, 308 3-persons, 316 4-persons, 142 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 459 1-person, 52 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
1,075 married couples with children.
242 single-parent households (65 men, 177 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |