Hammond township, Spencer County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 41.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.9 sq. mi.
Population: 1,607 (all rural)
| Males: 819 |  (51.0%) |
| Females: 788 |  (49.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,607 (1,335 owner occupied, 272 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Hammond township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- Black: 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 37.2
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Average household size: 2.65
| Hammond township: | 2.6 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.03
| Hammond township: | $54,973 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $386 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $112,746 (it was $85,400 in 2000)
| : | $112,746 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 39 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 8.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Grandview.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Hammond township include: Highland Church (A), New Bethel Church (B), New Hope Church (C), Fairview Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Meeks Cemetery (1), Beasley Cemetery (2), Mount Moriah Cemetery (3), Old Sergeant Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sandy Creek (A), Honey Creek (B), Big Slough (C), Little Slough (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Hammond township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 950
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 93
- South: 453
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 500
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 3
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 117
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,800
Housing units in Hammond township with a mortgage: 187 (16 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 95
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hammond township:
- United States or American (36.4%)
- German (29.2%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- English (7.3%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 638 (85%)
- Carpooled: 85 (11%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 22 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
99.3% of residents of Hammond township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,539- In family households: 1,339 (366 male householders, 72 female householders)
375 spouses, 475 children (446 natural, 3 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 14 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (82 male householders (73 living alone)), 94 female householders (77 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 174 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
327 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (26 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 38.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |