Washington township, Starke County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (12% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1972
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 463
- South: 251
- West: 78
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 780
- One, attached: 15
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 215
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,100
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 380 (59 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (28.7%)
- German (22.3%)
- English (10.2%)
- Polish (9.1%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Czech (3.1%)
- Romanian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (66%)
- Ukraine (34%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 987 (82%)
- Carpooled: 134 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 31 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (43%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.9% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,843- In family households: 2,628 (667 male householders, 133 female householders)
656 spouses, 971 children (882 natural, 8 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 56 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 215 (95 male householders (74 living alone)), 81 female householders (70 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 310 2-persons, 209 3-persons, 156 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 144 1-person, 25 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
584 married couples with children.
158 single-parent households (65 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| 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: 44
| Here: | 65.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |