Washington township, Marion County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 5.6% |
| 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, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 81542
- Northeast: 6150
- Midwest: 18654
- South: 14640
- West: 3322
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 2,033 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,099 people in nursing homes
- 178 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 117 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 89 people in institutions for the blind
- 69 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 67 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 62 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 36 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 35 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 26 people in religious group quarters
- 25 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 18 people in other group homes
- 12 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 10 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 34,196
- One, attached: 5,204
- Two: 1,216
- 3 or 4: 4,730
- 5 to 9: 8,584
- 10 to 19: 5,748
- 20 to 49: 2,464
- 50 or more: 2,880
- Mobile homes: 59
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $69,200
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 23,521 (2,850 second mortgage, 3,752 home equity loan, 128 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,778
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Lawyers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (17.5%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- English (8.9%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (25%)
- Germany (5%)
- India (5%)
- Ukraine (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 60,626 (83%)
- Carpooled: 6,739 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1,231 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 12 (0%)
- Taxi: 61 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 28 (0%)
- Bicycle: 123 (0%)
- Walked: 1,363 (2%)
- Other means: 279 (0%)
- Worked at home: 2,641 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Indiana:
- 2,033 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,099 people in nursing homes
- 178 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 117 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 89 people in institutions for the blind
- 69 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 67 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 62 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 36 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 35 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 26 people in religious group quarters
- 25 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 18 people in other group homes
- 12 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 10 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
91.8% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 128,974- In family households: 94,498 (22,357 male householders, 9,784 female householders)
23,370 spouses, 31,687 children (29,381 natural, 1,138 adopted, 1,168 stepchildren), 1,918 grandchildren, 1,118 brothers or sisters, 639 parents, 1,518 other relatives, 2,107 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34,476 (12,126 male householders (8,876 living alone)), 15,334 female householders (13,031 living alone)), 7,016 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3,871 (1,452 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 15,843 2-persons, 7,283 3-persons, 5,488 4-persons, 2,301 5-persons, 783 6-persons, 443 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21,907 1-person, 4,583 2-persons, 739 3-persons, 188 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
16,803 married couples with children.
8,002 single-parent households (1,293 men, 6,709 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3,328
| Here: | 26.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,330
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3,645
| Here: | 46.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |