Vincennes township, Knox County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (32% naturalized citizens)
Vincennes township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Vincennes township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17491
- Northeast: 255
- Midwest: 3106
- South: 1524
- West: 383
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
People in group quarters in Vincennes township, Indiana:
- 1,591 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 397 people in nursing homes
- 102 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 86 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 58 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 54 people in other workers' dormitories
- 35 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 35 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,053
- One, attached: 194
- Two: 688
- 3 or 4: 734
- 5 to 9: 322
- 10 to 19: 254
- 20 to 49: 238
- 50 or more: 248
- Mobile homes: 551
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,700
Housing units in Vincennes township with a mortgage: 3,263 (337 second mortgage, 395 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,792
- Educational services (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vincennes township:
- United States or American (27.9%)
- German (25.7%)
- English (10.3%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.4%)
- European (2.6%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (24%)
- Japan (23%)
- Germany (17%)
- Korea (13%)
- India (6%)
- South Africa (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,483 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,042 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 534 (5%)
- Other means: 67 (1%)
- Worked at home: 185 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Vincennes township, Indiana:
- 1,591 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 397 people in nursing homes
- 102 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 86 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 58 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 54 people in other workers' dormitories
- 35 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 35 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in other group homes
96.6% of residents of Vincennes township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,824- In family households: 16,532 (4,060 male householders, 1,498 female householders)
4,341 spouses, 5,712 children (5,178 natural, 124 adopted, 410 stepchildren), 225 grandchildren, 108 brothers or sisters, 74 parents, 145 other relatives, 369 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,292 (1,598 male householders (1,286 living alone)), 2,014 female householders (1,753 living alone)), 680 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,375 (508 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,625 2-persons, 1,302 3-persons, 1,085 4-persons, 362 5-persons, 102 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,039 1-person, 477 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 25 4-persons,
3,148 married couples with children.
1,396 single-parent households (283 men, 1,113 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 132
Here: | 5.9% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
Here: | 8.3% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 96
Here: | 3.2% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |