Jefferson township, Wayne County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2761
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 288
- South: 272
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,176
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 88
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 38
- 10 to 19: 23
- Mobile homes: 117
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 592 (81 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 277
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (29.3%)
- German (24.6%)
- Irish (15.4%)
- English (11.9%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Polish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,358 (82%)
- Carpooled: 187 (11%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 63 (4%)
- Other means: 30 (2%)
- Worked at home: 19 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
98.5% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,427- In family households: 2,880 (866 male householders, 120 female householders)
886 spouses, 965 children (875 natural, 9 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 547 (147 male householders (123 living alone)), 283 female householders (257 living alone)), 117 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 492 2-persons, 193 3-persons, 212 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 380 1-person, 26 2-persons, 24 6-persons,
666 married couples with children.
132 single-parent households (40 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 31
| Here: | 25.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |