Center township, Dearborn County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2737
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 1697
- South: 662
- West: 98
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,605
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 268
- 3 or 4: 160
- 5 to 9: 60
- 10 to 19: 37
- 20 to 49: 44
- Mobile homes: 47
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,600
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 851 (83 second mortgage, 130 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 368
- Construction (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (14%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (37.0%)
- United States or American (20.8%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- Hungarian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (38%)
- Netherlands (15%)
- Italy (15%)
- India (15%)
- Germany (9%)
- Japan (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,213 (83%)
- Carpooled: 336 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.5% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,297- In family households: 4,493 (1,135 male householders, 313 female householders)
1,197 spouses, 1,528 children (1,330 natural, 47 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 101 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 88 other relatives, 83 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 804 (340 male householders (268 living alone)), 331 female householders (299 living alone)), 133 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 610 2-persons, 350 3-persons, 283 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 69 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 567 1-person, 94 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
938 married couples with children.
339 single-parent households (88 men, 251 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 78
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |