Wayne township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 34.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 1,306 (all rural)
| Males: 658 |  (50.4%) |
| Females: 648 |  (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,306 (1,135 owner occupied, 171 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Wayne township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.1%
Median age of males: 36.7
Median age of females: 37.5
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Average household size: 2.78
| Wayne township: | 2.8 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Wayne township: | $47,731 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $656 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $133,300 (it was $110,100 in 2000)
| : | $133,300 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 38 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: West Point.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Bloomer's Greenhouse (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Sherry Cemetery (1), Granville Cemetery (2), Marks Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Lost Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
72% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 976
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 128
- South: 74
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 465
- One, attached: 12
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 227 (50 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (31%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:
- German (22.6%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- Irish (13.8%)
- English (13.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- Dutch (4.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 501 (84%)
- Carpooled: 53 (9%)
- Worked at home: 40 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
99.6% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,235- In family households: 1,170 (288 male householders, 77 female householders)
311 spouses, 385 children (346 natural, 0 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 51 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (17 male householders (8 living alone)), 37 female householders (37 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 45 1-person, 9 2-persons,
272 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (15 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |