Van Buren township, Fountain County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
Van Buren township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1641
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 1081
- South: 185
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,058
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 21
- Mobile homes: 153
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,800
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 466 (50 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 253
- Transportation equipment (25%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- United States or American (28.9%)
- German (24.1%)
- English (12.4%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Italian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (62%)
- Germany (19%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,097 (78%)
- Carpooled: 240 (17%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
97.6% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (27% speak English very well, 73% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,029- In family households: 2,662 (743 male householders, 138 female householders)
712 spouses, 946 children (835 natural, 31 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 27 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 367 (113 male householders (86 living alone)), 202 female householders (184 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 409 2-persons, 193 3-persons, 193 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 270 1-person, 40 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
565 married couples with children.
207 single-parent households (65 men, 142 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 3.3% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 3.8% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
Here: | 50.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |