Washington township, Whitley County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 992
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 48
- South: 32
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 426
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 188 (11 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45
- Construction (21%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Customer service representatives (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (47.6%)
- United States or American (28.5%)
- English (8.0%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- Polish (1.5%)
- Norwegian (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 553 (89%)
- Carpooled: 32 (5%)
- Worked at home: 35 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Other fuel (7%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Solar energy (3%)
95.1% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,152- In family households: 1,085 (272 male householders, 60 female householders)
288 spouses, 408 children (369 natural, 10 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 16 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (26 male householders (26 living alone)), 41 female householders (41 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 56 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person,
259 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (11 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |