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Tippecanoe township, Marshall County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (74% naturalized citizens)

Tippecanoe township:

2.5%
Whole state:

3.1%

58% of Tippecanoe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1055
  • Northeast: 40
  • Midwest: 106
  • South: 45
  • West: 20

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $450,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Tippecanoe township, IN map Tippecanoe township, Indiana satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $41,400


Housing units in Tippecanoe township with a mortgage: 194 (10 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 6
  • 1995 to 1998: 30
  • 1990 to 1994: 31
  • 1980 to 1989: 63
  • 1970 to 1979: 102
  • 1960 to 1969: 26
  • 1950 to 1959: 33
  • 1940 to 1949: 18
  • 1939 or earlier: 196

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Tippecanoe township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 5
  • 4 rooms: 62
  • 5 rooms: 63
  • 6 rooms: 105
  • 7 rooms: 85
  • 8 rooms: 38
  • 9 or more rooms: 49

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Tippecanoe township, Indiana:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 5
  • 5 rooms: 11
  • 6 rooms: 16
  • 7 rooms: 15
  • 8 rooms: 16
  • 9 or more rooms: 1

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Tippecanoe township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 15
  • 2 bedrooms: 88
  • 3 bedrooms: 207
  • 4 bedrooms: 80
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 17

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Tippecanoe township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 16
  • 3 bedrooms: 23
  • 4 bedrooms: 12
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 13

Cars and other vehicles available in Tippecanoe township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 40
  • 1 vehicle: 101
  • 2 vehicles: 185
  • 3 vehicles: 61
  • 4 vehicles: 15
  • 5 or more vehicles: 5

Cars and other vehicles available in Tippecanoe township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 36
  • 2 vehicles: 17
  • 3 vehicles: 5
  • 4 vehicles: 6
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Transportation equipment (11%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Wood products (10%)
  • Metal and metal products (10%)
  • Truck transportation (5%)
  • Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (16%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Electricians (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (22%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
  • Child care workers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Tippecanoe township:

  • German (38.7%)
  • United States or American (13.8%)
  • English (11.1%)
  • Irish (6.2%)
  • Swiss (5.1%)
  • Hungarian (3.2%)
  • Scottish (2.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (52%)
  • Hungary (48%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (45%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
  • Wood (7%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Electricity (2%)

93.6% of residents of Tippecanoe township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,297

Size of family households: 169 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 47 5-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 3 2-persons,

291 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (14 men, 26 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here:

6.8%
Indiana:

11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
Here:

21.7%
Indiana:

8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
Indiana:

23.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Tippecanoe township:

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