Smithfield township, DeKalb County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 34.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,658 (0% urban, 100% rural)
Males: 835 | (50.4%) |
Females: 823 | (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,658 (1,414 owner occupied, 244 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 15% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Smithfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.0%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.1%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.54
Smithfield township: | 2.5 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
Smithfield township: | $46,209 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $509 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $107,273 (it was $87,300 in 2000)
: | $107,273 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $143,019
Here: $143,019 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $134,060
Here: $134,060 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $110,679
Here: $110,679 State: $100,714
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $89,776
Here: $89,776 State: $108,190
Mobile homes: $37,490
Here: $37,490 State: $33,934
Population density: 47 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 10.8% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
Cities in this township include: Ashley.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Smithfield township include: Barker Church (A), Barkers Chapel Methodist Church (B), Cedar Lake Church (C), Saint Johns Church (D), Saint Michaels Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Barkers Chapel Cemetery (1), Cedar Lake Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Cedar Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Smithfield township: Hardy Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
82% of Smithfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 348
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 5
- South: 35
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 127
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Smithfield township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Printing and related support activities (18%)
- Construction (17%)
- Utilities (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Social assistance (18%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (14%)
- Utilities (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Printing workers (18%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Child care workers (18%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smithfield township:
- German (36.1%)
- English (17.4%)
- United States or American (13.7%)
- Scottish (10.0%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Russian (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 128 (80%)
- Carpooled: 7 (4%)
- Walked: 6 (4%)
- Worked at home: 19 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (90%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (5%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 388- In family households: 360 (99 male householders, 0 female householders)
92 spouses, 160 children (135 natural, 12 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (18 male householders (18 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 23 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 28 1-person,
336 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (21 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |