York township, Elkhart County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| York township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of York 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, 16% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2079
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 735
- South: 237
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 919
- One, attached: 14
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 248
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,600
Housing units in York township with a mortgage: 464 (44 second mortgage, 83 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Wood products (15%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in York township:
- German (30.7%)
- United States or American (20.1%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- English (7.7%)
- European (2.6%)
- Northern European (2.5%)
- Italian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Russia (26%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,318 (82%)
- Carpooled: 139 (9%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 130 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
91.0% of residents of York township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
7.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,159- In family households: 2,856 (660 male householders, 204 female householders)
696 spouses, 1,089 children (973 natural, 35 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 41 other relatives, 78 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 303 (117 male householders (85 living alone)), 114 female householders (80 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 377 2-persons, 176 3-persons, 143 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 165 1-person, 53 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
788 married couples with children.
190 single-parent households (63 men, 127 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |