Union township, Elkhart County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4675
- Northeast: 107
- Midwest: 487
- South: 300
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,669
- One, attached: 61
- Two: 72
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 200
- 10 to 19: 25
- 20 to 49: 12
- 50 or more: 11
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $83,500
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 874 (54 second mortgage, 154 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 438
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Construction (9%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (45.4%)
- United States or American (25.1%)
- English (5.2%)
- Swiss (3.9%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (72%)
- Germany (15%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,184 (75%)
- Carpooled: 352 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (1%)
- Bicycle: 79 (3%)
- Walked: 41 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 247 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
83.1% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
15.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,725- In family households: 5,161 (1,412 male householders, 143 female householders)
1,393 spouses, 2,058 children (1,925 natural, 58 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 17 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 564 (167 male householders (133 living alone)), 331 female householders (317 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 657 2-persons, 320 3-persons, 318 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 79 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 450 1-person, 32 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
1,497 married couples with children.
189 single-parent households (64 men, 125 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 123
| Here: | 16.5% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |