Union township, Union County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% 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, 30% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 448
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 903
- South: 125
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $74,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 463
- Two: 23
- Mobile homes: 137
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,800
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 149 (19 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- United States or American (33.9%)
- German (21.8%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (80%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 592 (82%)
- Carpooled: 72 (10%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 46 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.1% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,515- In family households: 1,373 (355 male householders, 74 female householders)
357 spouses, 507 children (475 natural, 3 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 30 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 142 (59 male householders (38 living alone)), 67 female householders (67 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 166 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 105 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
361 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (24 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 26.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |