Washington township, Adams County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8003
- Northeast: 145
- Midwest: 1369
- South: 648
- West: 204
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 133 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 34 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,217
- One, attached: 82
- Two: 186
- 3 or 4: 142
- 5 to 9: 328
- 10 to 19: 200
- 20 to 49: 60
- 50 or more: 67
- Mobile homes: 246
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 1,735 (125 second mortgage, 216 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 850
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (39.9%)
- United States or American (15.1%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- English (7.1%)
- Swiss (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Scottish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (40%)
- Germany (19%)
- India (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (7%)
- Japan (5%)
- Greece (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,248 (83%)
- Carpooled: 517 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 29 (1%)
- Walked: 100 (2%)
- Other means: 83 (2%)
- Worked at home: 109 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 133 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 34 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
94.4% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,359- In family households: 8,725 (2,182 male householders, 579 female householders)
2,184 spouses, 3,278 children (3,080 natural, 65 adopted, 133 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 93 other relatives, 228 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,634 (618 male householders (508 living alone)), 823 female householders (771 living alone)), 193 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 219 (190 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,114 2-persons, 633 3-persons, 626 4-persons, 275 5-persons, 86 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,279 1-person, 141 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 12 4-persons,
1,957 married couples with children.
688 single-parent households (156 men, 532 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 179
| Here: | 14.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |