Center township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (44% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 4.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17241
- Northeast: 713
- Midwest: 3197
- South: 1504
- West: 546
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 229 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 60 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 45 people in other group homes
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,761
- One, attached: 155
- Two: 1,100
- 3 or 4: 477
- 5 to 9: 248
- 10 to 19: 115
- 20 to 49: 324
- 50 or more: 132
- Mobile homes: 123
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 4,356 (588 second mortgage, 479 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,828
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (29.6%)
- Polish (12.2%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- English (6.3%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (49%)
- Germany (12%)
- Poland (8%)
- Ecuador (5%)
- India (5%)
- Yugoslavia (3%)
- Greece (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,168 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,079 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 46 (0%)
- Railroad: 8 (0%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 106 (1%)
- Walked: 323 (3%)
- Other means: 75 (1%)
- Worked at home: 223 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Indiana:
- 229 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 60 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 45 people in other group homes
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in religious group quarters
91.4% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,835- In family households: 19,970 (5,097 male householders, 1,375 female householders)
5,136 spouses, 7,136 children (6,492 natural, 143 adopted, 501 stepchildren), 297 grandchildren, 211 brothers or sisters, 133 parents, 188 other relatives, 397 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,865 (1,509 male householders (1,139 living alone)), 1,728 female householders (1,548 living alone)), 628 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 486 (360 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,753 2-persons, 1,558 3-persons, 1,307 4-persons, 585 5-persons, 201 6-persons, 68 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,687 1-person, 496 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
4,196 married couples with children.
1,412 single-parent households (330 men, 1,082 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 275
Here: | 10.3% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 102
Here: | 6.3% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 146
Here: | 18.9% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |