Wright township, Greene County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Wright township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Wright township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3487
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 287
- South: 204
- West: 82
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
104 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,320
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 40
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 369
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Wright township with a mortgage: 492 (64 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 375
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wright township:
- United States or American (26.7%)
- German (22.4%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- English (8.6%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
- Scottish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (36%)
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Germany (23%)
- Other Western Africa (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,225 (78%)
- Carpooled: 267 (17%)
- Walked: 51 (3%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (4%)
104 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Wright township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,005- In family households: 3,423 (889 male householders, 208 female householders)
926 spouses, 1,174 children (986 natural, 49 adopted, 139 stepchildren), 78 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 45 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 582 (226 male householders (175 living alone)), 269 female householders (251 living alone)), 87 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 103 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 473 2-persons, 232 3-persons, 272 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 426 1-person, 51 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
750 married couples with children.
231 single-parent households (50 men, 181 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |