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Wabash township, Fountain County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)

Wabash township:

0.7%
Whole state:

3.1%

67% of Wabash township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 314
  • Northeast: 0
  • Midwest: 583
  • South: 45
  • West: 9

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Wabash township, IN map Wabash township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500


Housing units in Wabash township with a mortgage: 90 (0 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 23
  • 1995 to 1998: 49
  • 1990 to 1994: 13
  • 1980 to 1989: 50
  • 1970 to 1979: 48
  • 1960 to 1969: 24
  • 1950 to 1959: 31
  • 1940 to 1949: 18
  • 1939 or earlier: 88

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wabash township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 6
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 38
  • 5 rooms: 28
  • 6 rooms: 81
  • 7 rooms: 64
  • 8 rooms: 57
  • 9 or more rooms: 24

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wabash township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 5
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 10
  • 6 rooms: 5
  • 7 rooms: 7
  • 8 rooms: 10
  • 9 or more rooms: 9

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wabash township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 6
  • 2 bedrooms: 50
  • 3 bedrooms: 187
  • 4 bedrooms: 49
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 6

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wabash township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 5
  • 2 bedrooms: 10
  • 3 bedrooms: 10
  • 4 bedrooms: 12
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 9

Cars and other vehicles available in Wabash township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 6
  • 1 vehicle: 42
  • 2 vehicles: 139
  • 3 vehicles: 64
  • 4 vehicles: 40
  • 5 or more vehicles: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Wabash township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 5
  • 1 vehicle: 14
  • 2 vehicles: 22
  • 3 vehicles: 5
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (20%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Machinery (3%)
  • Computer and electronic products (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (12%)
  • Health care (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
  • Construction (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Wabash township:

  • United States or American (28.6%)
  • German (26.0%)
  • English (15.2%)
  • French (except Basque) (5.4%)
  • Irish (4.9%)
  • Lithuanian (4.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish (3.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Philippines (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
  • Electricity (15%)
  • Wood (7%)
  • Utility gas (5%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)

94.7% of residents of Wabash township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 957

Size of family households: 97 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 9 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person, 14 2-persons,

176 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (5 men, 19 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here:

0.0%
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: 20
Here:

27.4%
Indiana:

23.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Wabash township:

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