Steen township, Knox County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Steen township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
67% of Steen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 85% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 768
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 49
- South: 69
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 331
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 1
- 10 to 19: 1
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,000
Housing units in Steen township with a mortgage: 118 (9 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 79
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Steen township:
- United States or American (25.7%)
- German (20.9%)
- English (19.5%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (83%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 353 (82%)
- Carpooled: 42 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (3%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of Steen township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 80% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 927- In family households: 832 (199 male householders, 67 female householders)
206 spouses, 299 children (271 natural, 8 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 95 (41 male householders (37 living alone)), 49 female householders (49 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 4 2-persons,
193 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (8 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 18.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 35.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |