German township, St. Joseph County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (44% naturalized citizens)
| German township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
52% of German township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5598
- Northeast: 170
- Midwest: 1555
- South: 613
- West: 136
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $122,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,412
- One, attached: 39
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 435
- 5 to 9: 209
- 10 to 19: 405
- 20 to 49: 200
- 50 or more: 107
- Mobile homes: 270
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in German township with a mortgage: 1,526 (200 second mortgage, 163 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 646
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in German township:
- Polish (23.3%)
- German (20.5%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- English (4.6%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Hungarian (3.4%)
- Italian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (22%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- India (9%)
- Canada (9%)
- Other Eastern Africa (7%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,185 (88%)
- Carpooled: 466 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Taxi: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in religious group quarters
92.1% of residents of German township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,460- In family households: 6,702 (1,804 male householders, 458 female householders)
1,854 spouses, 2,228 children (2,023 natural, 119 adopted, 86 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 91 other relatives, 114 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,758 (682 male householders (512 living alone)), 777 female householders (696 living alone)), 299 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,109 2-persons, 574 3-persons, 320 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 75 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,208 1-person, 229 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
1,368 married couples with children.
387 single-parent households (92 men, 295 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 370
| Here: | 42.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 141
| Here: | 33.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 52
| Here: | 16.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |