Washington township, Hamilton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (32% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
46% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11775
- Northeast: 772
- Midwest: 2699
- South: 1334
- West: 678
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $181,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
62 people in nursing homes
21 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,025
- One, attached: 66
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 86
- 5 to 9: 469
- 10 to 19: 444
- 20 to 49: 89
- 50 or more: 208
- Mobile homes: 267
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 3,774 (367 second mortgage, 666 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 479
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (30.2%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- English (12.0%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- Polish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (21%)
- Iran (11%)
- Poland (9%)
- Japan (8%)
- South Africa (8%)
- Honduras (7%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,125 (89%)
- Carpooled: 523 (6%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 11 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 24 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (1%)
- Other means: 36 (0%)
- Worked at home: 312 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Electricity (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
62 people in nursing homes
21 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
95.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,760- In family households: 16,021 (4,006 male householders, 800 female householders)
4,174 spouses, 6,497 children (6,070 natural, 206 adopted, 221 stepchildren), 92 grandchildren, 116 brothers or sisters, 112 parents, 126 other relatives, 98 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,739 (771 male householders (590 living alone)), 643 female householders (571 living alone)), 325 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 83 (57 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,618 2-persons, 1,107 3-persons, 1,260 4-persons, 584 5-persons, 203 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,161 1-person, 206 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
5,115 married couples with children.
738 single-parent households (189 men, 549 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 442
| Here: | 16.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 89
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 102
| Here: | 21.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |