Washington township, Kosciusko County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 1.7% |
| 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, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2189
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 260
- South: 336
- West: 73
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 790
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 310
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,400
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 278 (52 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 173
- Construction (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (30.7%)
- German (27.7%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- English (5.7%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
- Swiss (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,153 (76%)
- Carpooled: 235 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 36 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 62 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.4% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,928- In family households: 2,670 (670 male householders, 172 female householders)
681 spouses, 951 children (874 natural, 16 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 69 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 258 (131 male householders (111 living alone)), 85 female householders (73 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 308 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 25 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
546 married couples with children.
229 single-parent households (70 men, 159 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |