Columbia township, Jennings County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 39.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 759 (all rural)
| Males: 383 |  (50.5%) |
| Females: 376 |  (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 739 (625 owner occupied, 114 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Columbia township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.3%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.8%
Median age of males: 36.5
Median age of females: 37.8
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Average household size: 2.61
| Columbia township: | 2.6 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.92
| Columbia township: | $45,250 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $481 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $89,262 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
| : | $89,262 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $121,522
Here: $121,522 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $95,646
Here: $95,646 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $136,806
Here: $136,806 State: $100,714
Mobile homes: $25,249
Here: $25,249 State: $33,934
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Columbia township include: Ice Creek Church (A), New Bethel Church (B), Saint Dennis Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Zenas Cemetery (1), Cornell Cemetery (2), Old Zenas Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Square Run (A), Sugar Creek (B), Leatherwood Creek (C), Flatrock Creek (D), Wolf Creek (E), Finch Branch (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 588
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 33
- South: 60
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
20 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 280
- One, attached: 10
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 81 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Health care (24%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Retail florists (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (12%)
- Bus drivers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- German (39.1%)
- English (26.1%)
- United States or American (15.0%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- British (2.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 243 (68%)
- Carpooled: 75 (21%)
- Worked at home: 41 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (10%)
- No fuel used (4%)
20 people in other group homes
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 670- In family households: 595 (171 male householders, 32 female householders)
205 spouses, 155 children (107 natural, 0 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (36 male householders (22 living alone)), 14 female householders (9 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 92 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 21 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
125 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (16 men, 26 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: 9
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |