Washington township, Ripley County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.1% |
| 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, 59% 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: 1214
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 651
- South: 360
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 703
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 105
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,700
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 286 (30 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 93
- Construction (20%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (39.7%)
- United States or American (19.2%)
- Irish (14.1%)
- English (7.8%)
- European (3.6%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Honduras (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 895 (79%)
- Carpooled: 165 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (5%)
98.1% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,276- In family households: 2,071 (537 male householders, 85 female householders)
514 spouses, 757 children (660 natural, 12 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 80 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 25 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 205 (77 male householders (67 living alone)), 89 female householders (75 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 142 1-person, 17 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
520 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (42 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 20.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |