Perry township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
49% of Perry 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, 47% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3893
- Northeast: 127
- Midwest: 669
- South: 390
- West: 113
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,882
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 81
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 1,311 (189 second mortgage, 220 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 306
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (33.5%)
- United States or American (21.4%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- El Salvador (11%)
- Other Western Europe (10%)
- Europe, n.e.c. (10%)
- Taiwan (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Poland (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,535 (92%)
- Carpooled: 100 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 31 (1%)
- Worked at home: 72 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
96.3% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 61% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,298- In family households: 4,891 (1,359 male householders, 208 female householders)
1,443 spouses, 1,683 children (1,451 natural, 59 adopted, 173 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 46 other relatives, 118 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 407 (203 male householders (145 living alone)), 123 female householders (115 living alone)), 81 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 661 2-persons, 334 3-persons, 348 4-persons, 175 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 260 1-person, 59 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
1,315 married couples with children.
128 single-parent households (43 men, 85 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 129
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |