Washington township, Decatur County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10092
- Northeast: 88
- Midwest: 675
- South: 847
- West: 146
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 219 people in nursing homes
- 38 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 10 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,730
- One, attached: 72
- Two: 258
- 3 or 4: 243
- 5 to 9: 224
- 10 to 19: 141
- 20 to 49: 110
- 50 or more: 74
- Mobile homes: 346
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,400
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 1,895 (211 second mortgage, 291 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 965
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Construction (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (31.0%)
- United States or American (22.8%)
- English (13.1%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Italian (2.0%)
- European (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (32%)
- Vietnam (14%)
- Germany (12%)
- India (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- Philippines (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,927 (80%)
- Carpooled: 943 (15%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 163 (3%)
- Other means: 21 (0%)
- Worked at home: 130 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 219 people in nursing homes
- 38 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 10 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,969- In family households: 10,134 (2,558 male householders, 820 female householders)
2,609 spouses, 3,449 children (3,018 natural, 99 adopted, 332 stepchildren), 133 grandchildren, 87 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 135 other relatives, 271 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,835 (691 male householders (567 living alone)), 855 female householders (778 living alone)), 289 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 279 (266 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,509 2-persons, 823 3-persons, 622 4-persons, 298 5-persons, 103 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,345 1-person, 167 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
2,120 married couples with children.
706 single-parent households (166 men, 540 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |