Shawswick township, Lawrence County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (62% naturalized citizens)
Shawswick township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Shawswick township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16767
- Northeast: 548
- Midwest: 1091
- South: 1637
- West: 463
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Shawswick township, Indiana:
- 395 people in nursing homes
- 142 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 35 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 17 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,160
- One, attached: 105
- Two: 376
- 3 or 4: 454
- 5 to 9: 259
- 10 to 19: 74
- 20 to 49: 140
- 50 or more: 268
- Mobile homes: 592
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100
Housing units in Shawswick township with a mortgage: 3,112 (383 second mortgage, 229 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,099
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shawswick township:
- United States or American (31.2%)
- German (16.0%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (14%)
- Colombia (12%)
- Bangladesh (9%)
- Canada (9%)
- Other Western Africa (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Vietnam (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,156 (79%)
- Carpooled: 1,332 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 67 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 163 (2%)
- Other means: 80 (1%)
- Worked at home: 187 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Shawswick township, Indiana:
- 395 people in nursing homes
- 142 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 35 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 17 people in other group homes
97.4% of residents of Shawswick township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,149- In family households: 16,697 (4,423 male householders, 1,328 female householders)
4,603 spouses, 5,275 children (4,565 natural, 175 adopted, 535 stepchildren), 362 grandchildren, 144 brothers or sisters, 138 parents, 132 other relatives, 292 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,452 (1,227 male householders (993 living alone)), 1,766 female householders (1,643 living alone)), 459 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 589 (537 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,900 2-persons, 1,285 3-persons, 1,049 4-persons, 363 5-persons, 134 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,636 1-person, 259 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
3,194 married couples with children.
1,045 single-parent households (230 men, 815 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 165
Here: | 8.0% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
Here: | 3.9% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
Here: | 9.1% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |