Scott township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (52% naturalized citizens)
Scott township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Scott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4117
- Northeast: 109
- Midwest: 529
- South: 547
- West: 102
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
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: 2,010
- One, attached: 45
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 18
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $160,000
Housing units in Scott township with a mortgage: 1,163 (134 second mortgage, 194 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 485
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scott township:
- German (47.2%)
- United States or American (19.1%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- English (9.1%)
- Italian (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (30%)
- Korea (30%)
- Thailand (22%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,519 (86%)
- Carpooled: 283 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 103 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
97.5% of residents of Scott township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,444- In family households: 5,118 (1,537 male householders, 172 female householders)
1,560 spouses, 1,694 children (1,487 natural, 90 adopted, 117 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 36 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 326 (148 male householders (134 living alone)), 144 female householders (134 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 775 2-persons, 335 3-persons, 385 4-persons, 175 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 268 1-person, 22 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,202 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (26 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 207
Here: | 33.6% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 109
Here: | 29.9% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 53
Here: | 36.3% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |