Center township, Starke County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (63% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 3.6% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Center 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, 54% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4289
- Northeast: 87
- Midwest: 974
- South: 519
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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
102 people in nursing homes
58 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,140
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 90
- 3 or 4: 65
- 5 to 9: 78
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 29
- Mobile homes: 94
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,600
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 1,001 (131 second mortgage, 125 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 514
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (37%)
- Construction (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (20%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (37%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (22.5%)
- United States or American (21.7%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (8.6%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (25%)
- Romania (20%)
- Poland (16%)
- Germany (7%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Ukraine (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,052 (81%)
- Carpooled: 365 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 75 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
102 people in nursing homes
58 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
95.6% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,014- In family households: 5,206 (1,274 male householders, 377 female householders)
1,319 spouses, 1,860 children (1,704 natural, 52 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 133 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 92 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 808 (237 male householders (191 living alone)), 450 female householders (398 living alone)), 121 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 159 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 662 2-persons, 343 3-persons, 397 4-persons, 165 5-persons, 71 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 589 1-person, 89 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 5 5-persons,
1,091 married couples with children.
408 single-parent households (101 men, 307 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 53
Here: | 7.2% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
Here: | 4.7% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 8.5% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |