White River township, Hamilton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 56.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 2,566 (3% urban, 97% rural)
| Males: 1,307 |  (50.9%) |
| Females: 1,259 |  (49.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,566 (2,138 owner occupied, 428 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in White River township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.71
| White River township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| White River township: | $81,958 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $861 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $225,000 (it was $163,600 in 2000)
| : | $225,000 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 46 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in White River township include: Bethlehem Church (A), Harveys Chapel (B), Victory Chapel (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Grubbs Cemetery (1), Carey Cemetery (2), Newland Cemetery (3), Buscher Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pipe Creek (A), Sugar Run (B), Dyers Creek (C), Duck Creek (D), Deer Creek (E), Long Branch (F), Bear Creek (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
76% of White River 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, 95% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2158
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 85
- South: 273
- West: 19
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 813
- Mobile homes: 221
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,300
Housing units in White River township with a mortgage: 404 (11 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in White River township:
- German (27.0%)
- United States or American (18.0%)
- Dutch (13.3%)
- English (5.2%)
- Welsh (4.7%)
- Polish (4.4%)
- Irish (3.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,047 (90%)
- Carpooled: 38 (3%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Utility gas (3%)
96.7% of residents of White River township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English well, 55% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,593- In family households: 2,330 (593 male householders, 147 female householders)
682 spouses, 803 children (706 natural, 74 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 40 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 263 (117 male householders (104 living alone)), 118 female householders (102 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 306 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 168 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 206 1-person, 29 2-persons,
578 married couples with children.
120 single-parent households (57 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |