Busseron township, Knox County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 51.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.9 sq. mi.
Population: 1,385 (all rural)
| Males: 683 |  (49.3%) |
| Females: 702 |  (50.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,345 (1,080 owner occupied, 265 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Busseron township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.2%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 39.2
Median age of females: 39.9
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Average household size: 2.46
| Busseron township: | 2.5 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.88
| Busseron township: | $41,799 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $446 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $83,689 (it was $63,400 in 2000)
| : | $83,689 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 27 people per square mile | (low). |
Cities in this township include: Oaktown, Emison.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Griswold Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Asher Cemetery (1), Orndorff Cemetery (2), Charley Cemetery (3), Ocheltree Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Maria Pond (A), Grays Pond (B), Broadie Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Cotton Branch (A), Maria Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
84% of Busseron township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 76
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 14
- South: 4
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
40 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 34
Housing units in Busseron township with a mortgage: 8 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (37%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Extraction workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Busseron township:
- German (51.6%)
- Norwegian (27.4%)
- Czech (6.5%)
- Dutch (6.5%)
- Irish (4.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 31 (65%)
- Carpooled: 12 (25%)
- Worked at home: 5 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
40 people in nursing homes
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 96- In family households: 89 (27 male householders, 1 female householders)
23 spouses, 34 children (31 natural, 1 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7 (3 male householders (3 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 10 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person,
234 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (9 men, 43 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% |