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Wayne township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 5 (26% naturalized citizens)

Wayne township:

5.4%
Whole state:

3.1%

50% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 75406
  • Northeast: 3002
  • Midwest: 13188
  • South: 10678
  • West: 2397

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,100


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%

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

People in group quarters in Wayne township, Indiana:

  • 808 people in nursing homes
  • 690 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 637 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 217 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 144 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 116 people in other group homes
  • 98 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 59 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 49 people in unknown juvenile institutions
  • 44 people in religious group quarters
  • 23 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
  • 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
  • 9 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
  • 9 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Wayne township, IN map Wayne township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999


Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 16,886 (1,911 second mortgage, 1,258 home equity loan, 50 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,186

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 330
  • 1995 to 1998: 1,022
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,120
  • 1980 to 1989: 2,213
  • 1970 to 1979: 4,419
  • 1960 to 1969: 6,815
  • 1950 to 1959: 9,852
  • 1940 to 1949: 7,560
  • 1939 or earlier: 17,500

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wayne township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 7
  • 2 rooms: 162
  • 3 rooms: 649
  • 4 rooms: 2,279
  • 5 rooms: 6,043
  • 6 rooms: 7,632
  • 7 rooms: 4,813
  • 8 rooms: 2,462
  • 9 or more rooms: 2,197

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wayne township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 584
  • 2 rooms: 1,676
  • 3 rooms: 4,029
  • 4 rooms: 4,486
  • 5 rooms: 4,086
  • 6 rooms: 2,421
  • 7 rooms: 1,062
  • 8 rooms: 388
  • 9 or more rooms: 318

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wayne township:

  • no bedroom: 61
  • 1 bedroom: 873
  • 2 bedrooms: 6,741
  • 3 bedrooms: 14,520
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,456
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 593

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wayne township:

  • no bedroom: 882
  • 1 bedroom: 6,190
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,070
  • 3 bedrooms: 4,218
  • 4 bedrooms: 533
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 157

Cars and other vehicles available in Wayne township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 1,784
  • 1 vehicle: 9,438
  • 2 vehicles: 10,684
  • 3 vehicles: 3,370
  • 4 vehicles: 693
  • 5 or more vehicles: 275

Cars and other vehicles available in Wayne township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 3,469
  • 1 vehicle: 10,212
  • 2 vehicles: 4,218
  • 3 vehicles: 906
  • 4 vehicles: 181
  • 5 or more vehicles: 64

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (11%)
  • Metal and metal products (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:

  • German (25.2%)
  • United States or American (9.5%)
  • Irish (7.4%)
  • English (5.4%)
  • French (except Basque) (2.6%)
  • Italian (2.0%)
  • Scottish (1.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (48%)
  • Other South Eastern Asia (5%)
  • Vietnam (4%)
  • Guatemala (4%)
  • Germany (4%)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (3%)
  • Canada (2%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (82%)
  • Electricity (16%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Wayne township, Indiana:

  • 808 people in nursing homes
  • 690 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 637 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 217 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 144 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 116 people in other group homes
  • 98 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 59 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 49 people in unknown juvenile institutions
  • 44 people in religious group quarters
  • 23 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
  • 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
  • 9 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
  • 9 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill

90.3% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
6.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 108,254

Size of family households: 10,415 2-persons, 6,432 3-persons, 5,053 4-persons, 2,653 5-persons, 1,121 6-persons, 650 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 15,722 1-person, 2,769 2-persons, 341 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,

14,823 married couples with children.
11,934 single-parent households (2,090 men, 9,844 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,927
Here:

14.6%
Indiana:

11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 920
Here:

14.6%
Indiana:

8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,804
Here:

33.0%
Indiana:

23.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Wayne township:

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