Spencer township, Jennings County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 48.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 2,073 (all rural)
| Males: 1,062 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 1,011 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,073 (1,832 owner occupied, 241 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Spencer township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.0%
- Black: 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 34.5
Median age of females: 35.0
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Average household size: 2.90
| Spencer township: | 2.9 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.23
| Spencer township: | $45,250 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $481 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $89,262 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
| : | $89,262 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $121,522
Here: $121,522 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $95,646
Here: $95,646 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $136,806
Here: $136,806 State: $100,714
Mobile homes: $25,249
Here: $25,249 State: $33,934
| Population density: 42 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 9.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 7.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Hayden.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Barkman Cemetery (1), Whitcomb Cemetery (2), Myers Cemetery (3), Hunt Cemetery (4), Sixmile Cemetery (5), Saint Catherines Cemetery (6), Wohrer Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Tanglewood Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Twomile Creek (A), Tea Creek (B), Storm Creek (C), Indian Creek (D), Powder Creek (E), Little Mutton Creek (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Spencer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1564
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 81
- South: 264
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 655
- Mobile homes: 91
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Spencer township with a mortgage: 251 (20 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer township:
- United States or American (35.7%)
- German (23.7%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 854 (88%)
- Carpooled: 99 (10%)
- Worked at home: 14 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.9% of residents of Spencer township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,963- In family households: 1,700 (474 male householders, 92 female householders)
439 spouses, 616 children (559 natural, 27 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 30 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 263 (100 male householders (72 living alone)), 89 female householders (80 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 214 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 108 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 9 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 19 4-persons,
434 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (27 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 24.2% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 35.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |