Troy township, Fountain County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Troy township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
64% of Troy 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, 48% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1504
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 2033
- South: 152
- West: 68
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
97 people in nursing homes
35 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,309
- Two: 102
- 3 or 4: 69
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 116
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,400
Housing units in Troy township with a mortgage: 564 (27 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 405
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Troy township:
- United States or American (42.2%)
- German (23.1%)
- English (9.5%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- European (2.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- Mexico (23%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Thailand (8%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,431 (84%)
- Carpooled: 175 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 57 (3%)
- Worked at home: 40 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (2%)
97 people in nursing homes
35 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
95.9% of residents of Troy township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 72% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,717- In family households: 3,175 (892 male householders, 181 female householders)
891 spouses, 1,021 children (886 natural, 50 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 75 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 20 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 542 (178 male householders (123 living alone)), 263 female householders (243 living alone)), 101 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 134 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 540 2-persons, 224 3-persons, 167 4-persons, 103 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 366 1-person, 60 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
686 married couples with children.
166 single-parent households (34 men, 132 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |