Troy township, Perry County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Troy township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Troy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8709
- Northeast: 136
- Midwest: 531
- South: 2457
- West: 197
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Troy township, Indiana:
- 142 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,167
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 205
- 3 or 4: 104
- 5 to 9: 152
- 10 to 19: 79
- 20 to 49: 113
- 50 or more: 125
- Mobile homes: 638
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,900
Housing units in Troy township with a mortgage: 1,858 (209 second mortgage, 222 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,286
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Troy township:
- German (34.3%)
- United States or American (20.6%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- English (10.1%)
- French (except Basque) (7.4%)
- Swiss (1.8%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (90%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,334 (77%)
- Carpooled: 982 (17%)
- Taxi: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 89 (2%)
- Other means: 76 (1%)
- Worked at home: 120 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Troy township, Indiana:
- 142 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
98.6% of residents of Troy township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,879- In family households: 9,862 (2,638 male householders, 695 female householders)
2,763 spouses, 3,310 children (2,955 natural, 99 adopted, 256 stepchildren), 119 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 55 other relatives, 204 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,017 (694 male householders (555 living alone)), 1,080 female householders (1,024 living alone)), 243 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 212 (177 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,569 2-persons, 728 3-persons, 669 4-persons, 267 5-persons, 88 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,579 1-person, 156 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 11 4-persons,
1,863 married couples with children.
665 single-parent households (171 men, 494 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 47
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |