Washington township, Shelby County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1175
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 47
- South: 76
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 503
- One, attached: 17
- Mobile homes: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $64,200
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 190 (11 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (32.5%)
- German (31.6%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- European (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (71%)
- United Kingdom (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 581 (88%)
- Carpooled: 52 (8%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.6% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,340- In family households: 1,229 (352 male householders, 71 female householders)
365 spouses, 381 children (315 natural, 0 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (64 male householders (64 living alone)), 42 female householders (36 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 202 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 6 2-persons,
273 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (24 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 34.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |