Center township, Hendricks County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7281
- Northeast: 126
- Midwest: 954
- South: 1020
- West: 201
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $126,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 213 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 126 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,976
- One, attached: 111
- Two: 122
- 3 or 4: 162
- 5 to 9: 206
- 10 to 19: 52
- Mobile homes: 73
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,800
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 1,781 (158 second mortgage, 188 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 588
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- United States or American (36.2%)
- English (15.4%)
- German (14.6%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (56%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Korea (14%)
- Germany (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,468 (89%)
- Carpooled: 259 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (0%)
- Other means: 59 (1%)
- Worked at home: 211 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 213 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 126 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.1% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,380- In family households: 8,320 (2,094 male householders, 544 female householders)
2,296 spouses, 3,047 children (2,716 natural, 85 adopted, 246 stepchildren), 57 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 80 other relatives, 89 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,060 (416 male householders (320 living alone)), 464 female householders (410 living alone)), 180 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 364 (337 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,050 2-persons, 613 3-persons, 588 4-persons, 288 5-persons, 79 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 730 1-person, 111 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 12 4-persons,
2,125 married couples with children.
399 single-parent households (113 men, 286 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 161
| Here: | 12.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 52
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 81
| Here: | 35.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |