Scott township, Steuben County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 28.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,123 (all rural)
Males: 568 | (50.6%) |
Females: 555 | (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,123 (956 owner occupied, 167 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 15% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Scott township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.0%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
Median age of males: 35.1
Median age of females: 35.4
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Average household size: 2.91
Scott township: | 2.9 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.20
Scott township: | $46,428 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $535 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $122,399 (it was $98,600 in 2000)
: | $122,399 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 39 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Scott township include: Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses (A), Jones Chapel (B), North Scott Church (C), South Scott Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Jones Cemetery (1), South Scott Cemetery (2), Jordan Cemetery (3), Kope Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Pigeon Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 6% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 636
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 313
- South: 58
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 324
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 6
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $97,100
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 141 (11 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- German (36.0%)
- United States or American (23.5%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- English (4.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 483 (82%)
- Carpooled: 78 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (67%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
95.3% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,035- In family households: 985 (241 male householders, 81 female householders)
280 spouses, 357 children (301 natural, 29 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 26 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 50 (16 male householders (8 living alone)), 22 female householders (16 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 148 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 29 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 24 1-person, 14 2-persons,
269 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (17 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 32
Here: | 44.4% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |