Washington township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
50% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 21940
- Northeast: 1051
- Midwest: 4911
- South: 2343
- West: 733
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 226 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in halfway houses
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,891
- One, attached: 114
- Two: 222
- 3 or 4: 524
- 5 to 9: 638
- 10 to 19: 1,203
- 20 to 49: 593
- 50 or more: 244
- Mobile homes: 2,193
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 5,845 (656 second mortgage, 597 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,984
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (34.5%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- English (6.8%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (16%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (11%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (6%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Syria (4%)
- Indonesia (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 15,551 (87%)
- Carpooled: 1,622 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 32 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 226 (1%)
- Other means: 76 (0%)
- Worked at home: 368 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 226 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in halfway houses
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.2% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 32,979- In family households: 26,697 (6,771 male householders, 2,045 female householders)
6,864 spouses, 9,490 children (8,495 natural, 304 adopted, 691 stepchildren), 353 grandchildren, 173 brothers or sisters, 179 parents, 253 other relatives, 569 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,282 (2,291 male householders (1,752 living alone)), 2,815 female householders (2,427 living alone)), 1,176 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 159 (154 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,024 2-persons, 2,052 3-persons, 1,726 4-persons, 715 5-persons, 214 6-persons, 85 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,179 1-person, 786 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 19 6-persons,
5,733 married couples with children.
1,940 single-parent households (432 men, 1,508 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 862
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 413
| Here: | 24.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 425
| Here: | 23.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |