Wilmington township, DeKalb County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 4,118 (66% urban, 34% rural)
| Males: 2,056 |  (49.9%) |
| Females: 2,062 |  (50.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 4,027 (3,193 owner occupied, 834 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Wilmington township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 2.1%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 32.6
Median age of females: 33.5
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Average household size: 2.74
| Wilmington township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.17
| Wilmington township: | $46,209 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $509 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $107,273 (it was $87,300 in 2000)
| : | $107,273 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $143,019
Here: $143,019 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $134,060
Here: $134,060 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $110,679
Here: $110,679 State: $100,714
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $89,776
Here: $89,776 State: $108,190
Mobile homes: $37,490
Here: $37,490 State: $33,934
| Population density: 114 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Butler.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Wilmington township: Mount Pleasant Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Kraft Cemetery (1), Krontz Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
54% of Wilmington 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, 50% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2868
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 785
- South: 288
- West: 122
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
68 people in nursing homes
23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,199
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 77
- 3 or 4: 60
- 5 to 9: 39
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 199
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in Wilmington township with a mortgage: 628 (45 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 216
- Metal and metal products (30%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (20%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wilmington township:
- German (38.6%)
- United States or American (19.0%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (7.6%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,542 (78%)
- Carpooled: 290 (15%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (1%)
- Walked: 48 (2%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
68 people in nursing homes
23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.6% of residents of Wilmington township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (32% speak English very well, 68% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,029- In family households: 3,571 (867 male householders, 232 female householders)
906 spouses, 1,323 children (1,236 natural, 4 adopted, 83 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 74 other relatives, 108 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 458 (194 male householders (137 living alone)), 198 female householders (190 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 90 (71 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 415 2-persons, 262 3-persons, 226 4-persons, 135 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 327 1-person, 60 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
882 married couples with children.
276 single-parent households (79 men, 197 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 5.1% |
| 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: 20
| Here: | 17.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |