Eel River township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
Eel River township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
73% of Eel River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2546
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 226
- South: 137
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,011
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,600
Housing units in Eel River township with a mortgage: 493 (59 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eel River township:
- German (37.5%)
- United States or American (28.8%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- European (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (31%)
- El Salvador (31%)
- Vietnam (25%)
- Greece (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,404 (86%)
- Carpooled: 147 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.6% of residents of Eel River township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,028- In family households: 2,871 (770 male householders, 92 female householders)
786 spouses, 1,120 children (1,027 natural, 14 adopted, 79 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 40 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 157 (97 male householders (90 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 315 2-persons, 173 3-persons, 214 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 52 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 144 1-person, 7 2-persons,
747 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (31 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 73
Here: | 17.6% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 2.8% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 11.1% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |