Franklin township, Putnam County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
Franklin township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1523
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 125
- South: 94
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 623
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 62
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,700
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 239 (26 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Construction (15%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (39.0%)
- German (20.2%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- English (6.3%)
- Scottish (5.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 718 (83%)
- Carpooled: 88 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (2%)
98.5% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,818- In family households: 1,586 (438 male householders, 66 female householders)
429 spouses, 526 children (475 natural, 20 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 39 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 232 (88 male householders (62 living alone)), 68 female householders (64 living alone)), 76 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 216 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 18 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
375 married couples with children.
63 single-parent households (21 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 1.0% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.8% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 14.8% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |