Washington township, Miami County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2689
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 334
- South: 387
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,133
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 103
- 5 to 9: 69
- 10 to 19: 43
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 252
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 462 (79 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 245
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (25.9%)
- United States or American (21.4%)
- Irish (16.3%)
- English (8.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- European (3.4%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (57%)
- Panama (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,470 (86%)
- Carpooled: 154 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
96.9% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,532- In family households: 2,975 (787 male householders, 259 female householders)
805 spouses, 1,014 children (876 natural, 41 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 19 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 557 (151 male householders (136 living alone)), 332 female householders (281 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 589 2-persons, 172 3-persons, 199 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 417 1-person, 58 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
587 married couples with children.
295 single-parent households (42 men, 253 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 5.5% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 5.3% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |