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

Number of foreign born residents: 5 (33% naturalized citizens)

Wayne township:

5.1%
Whole state:

3.1%

54% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Indiana.

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

  • This state: 16665
  • Northeast: 875
  • Midwest: 3089
  • South: 2250
  • West: 710

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $98,800


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

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

People in group quarters in Wayne township, Indiana:

  • 763 people in nursing homes
  • 200 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 150 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 19 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
  • 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 16 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
  • 6 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
  • 6 people in other group homes
Wayne township, IN map Wayne township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $13,500


Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 4,002 (408 second mortgage, 473 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,585

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 141
  • 1995 to 1998: 712
  • 1990 to 1994: 827
  • 1980 to 1989: 1,520
  • 1970 to 1979: 2,033
  • 1960 to 1969: 1,248
  • 1950 to 1959: 1,056
  • 1940 to 1949: 492
  • 1939 or earlier: 1,642

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 25
  • 3 rooms: 104
  • 4 rooms: 510
  • 5 rooms: 1,439
  • 6 rooms: 1,529
  • 7 rooms: 1,220
  • 8 rooms: 746
  • 9 or more rooms: 926

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

  • 1 room: 55
  • 2 rooms: 214
  • 3 rooms: 606
  • 4 rooms: 750
  • 5 rooms: 538
  • 6 rooms: 207
  • 7 rooms: 143
  • 8 rooms: 44
  • 9 or more rooms: 23

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 113
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,154
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,685
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,321
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 226

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wayne township:

  • no bedroom: 68
  • 1 bedroom: 766
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,222
  • 3 bedrooms: 439
  • 4 bedrooms: 78
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 7

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

  • no vehicle: 161
  • 1 vehicle: 1,760
  • 2 vehicles: 3,133
  • 3 vehicles: 1,046
  • 4 vehicles: 258
  • 5 or more vehicles: 141

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

  • no vehicle: 388
  • 1 vehicle: 1,399
  • 2 vehicles: 614
  • 3 vehicles: 155
  • 4 vehicles: 15
  • 5 or more vehicles: 9

Owners and renters by unit type in %

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

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (14%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Printing and related support activities (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Educational services (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (13%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:

  • German (27.1%)
  • United States or American (18.3%)
  • English (11.1%)
  • Irish (8.8%)
  • Polish (2.6%)
  • Italian (2.0%)
  • European (1.7%)

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

  • Mexico (61%)
  • Canada (5%)
  • Germany (5%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
  • Cambodia (3%)
  • Philippines (3%)
  • Brazil (2%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (83%)
  • Electricity (13%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Wood (1%)

People in group quarters in Wayne township, Indiana:

  • 763 people in nursing homes
  • 200 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 150 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 19 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
  • 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 16 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
  • 6 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
  • 6 people in other group homes

91.2% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
6.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (30% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 45% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 23,903

Size of family households: 2,602 2-persons, 1,355 3-persons, 1,335 4-persons, 686 5-persons, 270 6-persons, 139 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 2,273 1-person, 346 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 12 5-persons,

5,060 married couples with children.
1,299 single-parent households (330 men, 969 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 269
Here:

9.1%
Indiana:

11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 144
Here:

9.7%
Indiana:

8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 310
Here:

36.7%
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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