Steele township, Daviess County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Steele township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Steele township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 811
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 52
- South: 61
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 348
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Steele township with a mortgage: 142 (20 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 107
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Extraction workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Steele township:
- German (33.2%)
- United States or American (26.7%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (8.7%)
- Welsh (4.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 380 (83%)
- Carpooled: 60 (13%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 14 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (5%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.1% of residents of Steele township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 961- In family households: 848 (244 male householders, 37 female householders)
236 spouses, 302 children (280 natural, 0 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 3 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 113 (37 male householders (33 living alone)), 58 female householders (46 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 116 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 14 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
185 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (8 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |