Van Buren township, Madison County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 24.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,020 (all rural)
| Males: 984 |  (48.7%) |
| Females: 1,036 |  (51.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,988 (1,631 owner occupied, 357 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Van Buren township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 35.7
Median age of females: 38.1
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Average household size: 2.62
| Van Buren township: | 2.6 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
| Van Buren township: | $40,913 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $521 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,300 (it was $80,500 in 2000)
| : | $96,300 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $116,275
Here: $116,275 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $105,481
Here: $105,481 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $64,873
Here: $64,873 State: $100,714
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $103,651
Here: $103,651 State: $108,190
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $87,834
Here: $87,834 State: $127,569
Mobile homes: $29,800
Here: $29,800 State: $33,934
| Population density: 81 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 9.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Summitville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Musick Cemetery (1), Vinson Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Stem Run (A), Vinson Drain (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
68% of Van Buren 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, 65% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1631
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 31
- South: 155
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
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
32 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 687
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 304 (27 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 179
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- German (30.4%)
- United States or American (26.8%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 711 (86%)
- Carpooled: 50 (6%)
- Walked: 37 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
32 people in nursing homes
98.7% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,836- In family households: 1,621 (452 male householders, 93 female householders)
450 spouses, 531 children (468 natural, 19 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 215 (80 male householders (68 living alone)), 87 female householders (70 living alone)), 48 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 31 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 284 2-persons, 110 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 138 1-person, 19 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
405 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (25 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 5.1% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 19.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |