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

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (41% naturalized citizens)

Wayne township:

2.2%
Whole state:

3.1%

53% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Indiana.

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

  • This state: 29326
  • Northeast: 1134
  • Midwest: 5813
  • South: 5598
  • West: 792

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,100


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%

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:

  • 808 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 675 people in nursing homes
  • 262 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
  • 176 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 66 people in other group homes
  • 54 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 3 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
Wayne township, IN map Wayne township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $19,700


Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 6,543 (823 second mortgage, 690 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,335

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 204
  • 1995 to 1998: 523
  • 1990 to 1994: 536
  • 1980 to 1989: 1,047
  • 1970 to 1979: 2,171
  • 1960 to 1969: 2,830
  • 1950 to 1959: 3,281
  • 1940 to 1949: 2,237
  • 1939 or earlier: 6,653

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 8
  • 3 rooms: 108
  • 4 rooms: 1,006
  • 5 rooms: 2,732
  • 6 rooms: 2,894
  • 7 rooms: 2,169
  • 8 rooms: 1,296
  • 9 or more rooms: 874

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

  • 1 room: 112
  • 2 rooms: 651
  • 3 rooms: 1,419
  • 4 rooms: 1,699
  • 5 rooms: 1,491
  • 6 rooms: 950
  • 7 rooms: 381
  • 8 rooms: 176
  • 9 or more rooms: 77

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

  • no bedroom: 8
  • 1 bedroom: 249
  • 2 bedrooms: 2,965
  • 3 bedrooms: 5,758
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,900
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 207

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wayne township:

  • no bedroom: 261
  • 1 bedroom: 2,148
  • 2 bedrooms: 2,732
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,535
  • 4 bedrooms: 248
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 32

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

  • no vehicle: 545
  • 1 vehicle: 3,320
  • 2 vehicles: 5,012
  • 3 vehicles: 1,569
  • 4 vehicles: 472
  • 5 or more vehicles: 169

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

  • no vehicle: 1,537
  • 1 vehicle: 3,505
  • 2 vehicles: 1,518
  • 3 vehicles: 316
  • 4 vehicles: 48
  • 5 or more vehicles: 32

Owners and renters by unit type in %

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

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (9%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)
  • Health care (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (16%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
  • Social assistance (3%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:

  • German (21.6%)
  • United States or American (21.6%)
  • English (10.2%)
  • Irish (10.1%)
  • Italian (3.3%)
  • European (2.4%)
  • Scottish (1.7%)

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

  • Mexico (25%)
  • India (12%)
  • Netherlands (8%)
  • Canada (6%)
  • United Kingdom (6%)
  • Germany (5%)
  • Cuba (5%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (66%)
  • Electricity (21%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)

People in group quarters in Wayne township, Indiana:

  • 808 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 675 people in nursing homes
  • 262 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
  • 176 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 66 people in other group homes
  • 54 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 3 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse

95.2% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 41,749

Size of family households: 5,360 2-persons, 2,639 3-persons, 2,029 4-persons, 857 5-persons, 315 6-persons, 127 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 5,734 1-person, 845 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,

5,709 married couples with children.
3,221 single-parent households (655 men, 2,566 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 333
Here:

7.3%
Indiana:

11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 109
Here:

5.3%
Indiana:

8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 913
Here:

39.1%
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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