Vigo township, Knox County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Vigo township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Vigo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% 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: 3818
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 337
- South: 327
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
29 people in nursing homes
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,853
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 76
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 24
- Mobile homes: 208
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,100
Housing units in Vigo township with a mortgage: 715 (64 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 510
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vigo township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- German (26.8%)
- English (10.9%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (51%)
- Mexico (25%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,547 (81%)
- Carpooled: 228 (12%)
- Walked: 63 (3%)
- Other means: 39 (2%)
- Worked at home: 37 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
29 people in nursing homes
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.7% of residents of Vigo township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 30% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,644- In family households: 3,906 (1,014 male householders, 295 female householders)
1,070 spouses, 1,318 children (1,161 natural, 25 adopted, 132 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 29 other relatives, 95 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 738 (282 male householders (221 living alone)), 357 female householders (343 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (28 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 603 2-persons, 288 3-persons, 274 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 564 1-person, 63 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
855 married couples with children.
271 single-parent households (58 men, 213 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |