Lewis township, Clay County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 44.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,510 (all rural)
| Males: 757 |  (50.1%) |
| Females: 753 |  (49.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,510 (1,332 owner occupied, 178 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Lewis township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 37.2
Median age of females: 37.8
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Average household size: 2.64
| Lewis township: | 2.6 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.95
| Lewis township: | $46,411 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $487 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,854 (it was $71,900 in 2000)
| : | $90,854 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 34 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Coalmont.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Lewis township include: Friendly Grove Church (A), Briley Chapel (B), Little Flock Church (C), New Wilson Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Sanders Cemetery (1), Old Union Cemetery (2), Oak Grove Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Muir Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Watkins Creek (A), White Oak Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Lewis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1268
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 94
- South: 69
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 500
- Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Lewis township with a mortgage: 179 (8 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Extraction workers (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (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 (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lewis township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- German (17.0%)
- English (9.4%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Swedish (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 493 (79%)
- Carpooled: 66 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 17 (3%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (4%)
- Worked at home: 19 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (4%)
99.5% of residents of Lewis township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,447- In family households: 1,262 (341 male householders, 74 female householders)
330 spouses, 478 children (433 natural, 0 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 185 (75 male householders (54 living alone)), 77 female householders (61 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 207 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 115 1-person, 30 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
287 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (21 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |