Sheffield township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Sheffield township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Sheffield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2519
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 196
- South: 205
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,013
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 40
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $80,000
Housing units in Sheffield township with a mortgage: 603 (148 second mortgage, 115 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sheffield township:
- German (31.0%)
- United States or American (18.6%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- English (9.5%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (50%)
- Mexico (33%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,359 (82%)
- Carpooled: 183 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 71 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (1%)
98.0% of residents of Sheffield township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (18% speak English very well, 82% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,016- In family households: 2,757 (737 male householders, 135 female householders)
798 spouses, 1,051 children (949 natural, 44 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 13 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 259 (131 male householders (91 living alone)), 81 female householders (75 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 360 2-persons, 198 3-persons, 198 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 166 1-person, 43 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
704 married couples with children.
149 single-parent households (35 men, 114 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 26.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |