Washington township, Monroe County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1458
- Northeast: 73
- Midwest: 83
- South: 130
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 634
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 100
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,400
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 277 (64 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (17%)
- Construction (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (23.9%)
- German (17.0%)
- English (15.2%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- European (4.7%)
- Polish (3.9%)
- Scottish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Austria (20%)
- Japan (20%)
- Iraq (16%)
- Colombia (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 981 (90%)
- Carpooled: 47 (4%)
- Worked at home: 66 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.7% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,855- In family households: 1,577 (434 male householders, 73 female householders)
470 spouses, 533 children (465 natural, 0 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 49 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (119 male householders (109 living alone)), 121 female householders (104 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 225 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 22 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 213 1-person, 19 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
334 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (26 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 4.0% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |