Eel township, Cass County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Eel township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Eel township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15242
- Northeast: 304
- Midwest: 1169
- South: 1578
- West: 422
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Eel township, Indiana:
- 233 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 164 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 113 people in nursing homes
- 82 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 57 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,047
- One, attached: 128
- Two: 721
- 3 or 4: 327
- 5 to 9: 341
- 10 to 19: 113
- 20 to 49: 181
- 50 or more: 164
- Mobile homes: 205
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,900
Housing units in Eel township with a mortgage: 2,956 (279 second mortgage, 286 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,573
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Food (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eel township:
- German (28.7%)
- United States or American (20.5%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- English (5.6%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (4%)
- Japan (2%)
- Philippines (2%)
- Vietnam (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,970 (77%)
- Carpooled: 1,411 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 34 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Taxi: 97 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
- Bicycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 225 (2%)
- Other means: 85 (1%)
- Worked at home: 147 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Eel township, Indiana:
- 233 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 164 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 113 people in nursing homes
- 82 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 57 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
88.1% of residents of Eel township speak English at home.
10.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (15% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 39% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,524- In family households: 16,150 (3,892 male householders, 1,169 female householders)
3,769 spouses, 5,876 children (5,175 natural, 140 adopted, 561 stepchildren), 273 grandchildren, 158 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 342 other relatives, 606 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,374 (1,210 male householders (930 living alone)), 1,571 female householders (1,483 living alone)), 593 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 757 (688 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,245 2-persons, 1,061 3-persons, 958 4-persons, 457 5-persons, 202 6-persons, 138 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,413 1-person, 245 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
3,109 married couples with children.
1,334 single-parent households (341 men, 993 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 83
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 55
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |