Washington township, Brown County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3262
- Northeast: 113
- Midwest: 524
- South: 365
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
92 people in nursing homes
35 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,685
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 75
- 3 or 4: 44
- 5 to 9: 74
- 10 to 19: 8
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 654 (72 second mortgage, 126 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 367
- Construction (14%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (22.8%)
- United States or American (21.3%)
- English (14.3%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (52%)
- Poland (14%)
- Iran (14%)
- Germany (7%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Mexico (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,765 (80%)
- Carpooled: 228 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 53 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 154 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
92 people in nursing homes
35 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,291- In family households: 3,582 (1,008 male householders, 217 female householders)
1,034 spouses, 1,127 children (981 natural, 12 adopted, 134 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 41 parents, 49 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 709 (236 male householders (189 living alone)), 367 female householders (304 living alone)), 106 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 127 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 623 2-persons, 242 3-persons, 213 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 493 1-person, 109 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
674 married couples with children.
165 single-parent households (45 men, 120 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 17.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |