Wayne township, Huntington County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 24.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 559 (all rural)
| Males: 290 |  (51.9%) |
| Females: 269 |  (48.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 559 (488 owner occupied, 71 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Wayne township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.2%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.4%
Median age of males: 41.5
Median age of females: 42.1
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Average household size: 2.53
| Wayne township: | 2.5 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
| Wayne township: | $44,768 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $509 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,626 (it was $82,800 in 2000)
| : | $96,626 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $127,556
Here: $127,556 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $158,475
Here: $158,475 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $69,982
Here: $69,982 State: $100,714
Mobile homes: $46,871
Here: $46,871 State: $33,934
| Population density: 23 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Wayne township: Salem Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Gardens of Memory (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Prairie Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
76% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 368
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 66
- South: 35
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 203
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 71 (18 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (15%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Paper (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (25%)
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Health care (19%)
- U. S. Postal service (15%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (14%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
- Waiters and waitresses (13%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:
- United States or American (25.1%)
- German (24.5%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- English (7.8%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 177 (79%)
- Carpooled: 4 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 14 (6%)
- Walked: 13 (6%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 11 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood (4%)
97.1% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 473- In family households: 401 (134 male householders, 13 female householders)
133 spouses, 114 children (83 natural, 6 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 72 (25 male householders (17 living alone)), 35 female householders (35 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 34 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 8 2-persons,
102 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (8 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |