Adams township, Hamilton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 48.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 4,892 (53% urban, 47% rural)
| Males: 2,355 |  (48.1%) |
| Females: 2,537 |  (51.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 4,775 (3,830 owner occupied, 945 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Adams township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 36.2
Median age of females: 36.9
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Average household size: 2.70
| Adams township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.13
| Adams township: | $81,958 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $861 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $225,000 (it was $163,600 in 2000)
| : | $225,000 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 101 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 16.4% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
Cities in this township include: Sheridan.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: K and S Farms (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Wiles Cemetery (1), Spencer Cemetery (2), Spicewood Cemetery (3), Ridge Cemetery (4), Teter Cemetery (5), Phillips Cemetery (6), Crown Hill Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Teter Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
79% of Adams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 103
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 11
- South: 0
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
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
69 people in nursing homes
48 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 43
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,000
Housing units in Adams township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5
- Construction (19%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Adams township:
- Norwegian (46.1%)
- English (15.7%)
- French (except Basque) (10.1%)
- German (9.0%)
- Swedish (7.9%)
- Czech (3.4%)
- Danish (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 43 (69%)
- Carpooled: 5 (8%)
- Walked: 3 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (3%)
- Worked at home: 9 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Wood (7%)
69 people in nursing homes
48 people in other nonhousehold living situations
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 116- In family households: 111 (38 male householders, 2 female householders)
29 spouses, 39 children (36 natural, 3 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5 (1 male householders (1 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 15 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person,
1,025 married couples with children.
235 single-parent households (71 men, 164 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 30.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |