Van Buren township, Monroe County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Van Buren township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
48% 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, 54% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8523
- Northeast: 181
- Midwest: 1185
- South: 991
- West: 371
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
135 people in nursing homes
18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,911
- One, attached: 180
- Two: 254
- 3 or 4: 124
- 5 to 9: 272
- 10 to 19: 100
- 20 to 49: 112
- 50 or more: 176
- Mobile homes: 714
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,200
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 1,689 (190 second mortgage, 198 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 579
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- United States or American (23.0%)
- German (22.9%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- English (9.0%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (26%)
- Canada (14%)
- Korea (13%)
- Ghana (10%)
- Germany (10%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
- Malaysia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,542 (79%)
- Carpooled: 834 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 70 (1%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 62 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (0%)
- Worked at home: 191 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
135 people in nursing homes
18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.5% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,323- In family households: 9,510 (2,301 male householders, 852 female householders)
2,353 spouses, 3,398 children (3,127 natural, 54 adopted, 217 stepchildren), 136 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 63 other relatives, 354 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,813 (548 male householders (420 living alone)), 914 female householders (749 living alone)), 351 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 152 (134 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,363 2-persons, 752 3-persons, 659 4-persons, 270 5-persons, 91 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,169 1-person, 270 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
2,022 married couples with children.
714 single-parent households (142 men, 572 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
| Here: | 7.0% |
| 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: 42
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |