Springfield township, Franklin County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,178 (all rural)
Males: 589 | (50.0%) |
Females: 589 | (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,178 (937 owner occupied, 241 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 20% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Springfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- Black: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 35.4
Median age of females: 36.2
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Average household size: 2.87
Springfield township: | 2.9 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.24
Springfield township: | $50,022 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $478 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $149,367 (it was $98,700 in 2000)
: | $149,367 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 33 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 8.4% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Scipio, Mount Carmel.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Springfield township include: Big Cedar Church (A), Springfield Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Asbury Cemetery (1), Mount Carmel Cemetery (2), James Cemetery (3), Conn Cemetery (4), Springfield Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: East Fork Big Cedar Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
61% of Springfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 284
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 869
- South: 158
- West: 33
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
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: 358
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 127
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,600
Housing units in Springfield township with a mortgage: 105 (22 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 48
- Construction (21%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springfield township:
- German (42.3%)
- United States or American (21.4%)
- Irish (15.5%)
- English (7.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 455 (76%)
- Carpooled: 116 (19%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 26 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (3%)
98.1% of residents of Springfield township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (32% speak English very well, 68% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,366- In family households: 1,272 (317 male householders, 55 female householders)
298 spouses, 529 children (443 natural, 14 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 6 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 94 (32 male householders (29 living alone)), 55 female householders (52 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 6 2-persons,
263 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (17 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 8.8% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 1.1% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
Here: | 54.8% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |