Portage township, Porter County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Portage township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Portage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 29323
- Northeast: 1554
- Midwest: 6980
- South: 3630
- West: 844
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Portage township, Indiana:
- 358 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in crews of maritime vessels
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,398
- One, attached: 382
- Two: 763
- 3 or 4: 589
- 5 to 9: 792
- 10 to 19: 680
- 20 to 49: 220
- 50 or more: 46
- Mobile homes: 2,208
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700
Housing units in Portage township with a mortgage: 7,901 (1,037 second mortgage, 793 home equity loan, 56 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,229
- Metal and metal products (29%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portage township:
- German (19.5%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Polish (7.9%)
- English (7.5%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- Germany (11%)
- Greece (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Yugoslavia (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,946 (86%)
- Carpooled: 2,119 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 17 (0%)
- Railroad: 238 (1%)
- Taxi: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 19 (0%)
- Walked: 95 (0%)
- Other means: 113 (1%)
- Worked at home: 275 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Portage township, Indiana:
- 358 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in crews of maritime vessels
92.4% of residents of Portage township speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 43,544- In family households: 38,137 (9,395 male householders, 2,572 female householders)
9,346 spouses, 14,239 children (12,686 natural, 370 adopted, 1,183 stepchildren), 650 grandchildren, 268 brothers or sisters, 164 parents, 558 other relatives, 945 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,407 (2,257 male householders (1,725 living alone)), 2,094 female householders (1,788 living alone)), 1,056 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 412 (359 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,561 2-persons, 2,927 3-persons, 2,741 4-persons, 1,154 5-persons, 413 6-persons, 171 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,513 1-person, 678 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 34 4-persons,
8,011 married couples with children.
2,576 single-parent households (649 men, 1,927 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 416
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 114
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 277
| Here: | 16.6% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |