Ward township, Randolph County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ward township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
77% of Ward 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, 87% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1059
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 79
- South: 73
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 470
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Ward township with a mortgage: 154 (9 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (26%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ward township:
- United States or American (35.6%)
- German (27.6%)
- English (12.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Swiss (2.3%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Hungarian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 505 (78%)
- Carpooled: 56 (9%)
- Walked: 23 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
98.5% of residents of Ward township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,253- In family households: 1,142 (313 male householders, 70 female householders)
333 spouses, 376 children (350 natural, 7 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (36 male householders (33 living alone)), 69 female householders (64 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 170 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 8 2-persons,
245 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (14 men, 39 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): 5
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |