Union township, Jasper County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
78% of Union 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, 53% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1006
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 223
- South: 96
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 509
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $57,500
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 141 (16 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 145
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- Dutch (21.6%)
- United States or American (21.0%)
- German (19.4%)
- Irish (15.0%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- English (3.0%)
- Czech (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 482 (78%)
- Carpooled: 107 (17%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Worked at home: 8 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (90%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
97.8% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,385- In family households: 1,239 (352 male householders, 43 female householders)
385 spouses, 459 children (430 natural, 0 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (72 male householders (57 living alone)), 8 female householders (0 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person, 16 2-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
316 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (12 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 18.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |