Bloomfield township, LaGrange County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (15% naturalized citizens)
| Bloomfield township: | 5.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Bloomfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3395
- Northeast: 73
- Midwest: 1152
- South: 358
- West: 62
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
156 people in nursing homes
45 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,418
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 89
- 3 or 4: 82
- 5 to 9: 62
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 59
- 50 or more: 62
- Mobile homes: 285
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Bloomfield township with a mortgage: 653 (32 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 324
- Wood products (30%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (2%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Apparel (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Woodworkers (15%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomfield township:
- United States or American (23.6%)
- German (22.5%)
- English (8.4%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (90%)
- Philippines (3%)
- Germany (3%)
- Canada (2%)
- El Salvador (1%)
- Other Northern Europe (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,842 (73%)
- Carpooled: 492 (19%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 72 (3%)
- Other means: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 84 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
156 people in nursing homes
45 people in homes for the mentally retarded
84.8% of residents of Bloomfield township speak English at home.
9.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,165- In family households: 4,494 (1,174 male householders, 227 female householders)
1,123 spouses, 1,589 children (1,471 natural, 10 adopted, 108 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 141 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 671 (276 male householders (231 living alone)), 280 female householders (257 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 202 (159 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 603 2-persons, 268 3-persons, 288 4-persons, 146 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 488 1-person, 45 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
1,175 married couples with children.
260 single-parent households (59 men, 201 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 25.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |